Bioactive alkenylphenols from Piper obliquum.

Carola Valdivia, Nieves Marquez, John Eriksson, Antonio Vilaseca, Eduardo Muñoz, Olov Sterner

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Abstract

Various parts of Piper obliquum Ruíz & Pavon yielded the new alkenylphenols obliquol A (1) and obliquol B (2), the new 4-chromanone 3 together with the known compounds 4 and 5. A synthesis of obliquol B (2) was developed in order to confirm its structure and to provide sufficient amounts for biological testing. Compounds 1 and 2 have antibacterial activity comparable to that of ampicillin, 2 in addition possesses potent anti-NF-kappaB activity by targeting early events in the TNFalpha-induced NF-kappaB inflammatory pathway, which may explain the effects reported for the traditional use of the plant.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4120-4126
JournalBioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
Volume16
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Bibliographical note

The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Applied Microbiology (LTH) (011001021), Organic chemistry (S/LTH) (011001240)

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Industrial Biotechnology

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