Bioactive amides from Glycosmis species

J Nat Prod. 1996 Dec;59(12):1163-8. doi: 10.1021/np9604238.

Abstract

Besides the known imide ritigalin (9), six new phenethyl/styrylamine-derived amides isolated from lipophilic leaf extracts of Glycosmis cf. mauritiana, Glycosmis cf. cyanocarpa, and Glycosmis crassifolia displayed pronounced antifungal and/or insecticidal activity against Cladosporium herbarum and Spodoptera littoralis, respectively, the methylthiocarbonic acid derivatives niranin (1), dehydroniranin A (2), and dehydroniranin B (3) as well as the isovaleric and senecioic acid derivatives thalebanin B (4), dehydrothalebanin B (5), and dehydrothalebanin A (6).

MeSH terms

  • Amides / isolation & purification*
  • Amides / pharmacology
  • Amides / toxicity
  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Fungi / drug effects*
  • Insecticides / isolation & purification*
  • Insecticides / toxicity
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plants / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spodoptera
  • Styrenes / isolation & purification*
  • Styrenes / pharmacology
  • Styrenes / toxicity

Substances

  • Amides
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Insecticides
  • Plant Extracts
  • Styrenes