Isolation and characterization of new anti-HIV and cytotoxic leads from plants, marine, and microbial organisms

J Nat Prod. 1997 May;60(5):431-8. doi: 10.1021/np970031g.

Abstract

New cytotoxic isomalabaricane triterpenes have been isolated from a sponge Stelletta sp. (1-7); anti-HIV pterocarpans (8 and 9) and isoflavanoids (12-16 and 18) were elucidated from two tropical plants in the genus Erythrina; and anti-HIV enniatins (20 and 22-23) were characterized from fungi in the genera Fusarium and Alternaria. The enniatins were evaluated for in vivo anti-HIV activity in the hollow fiber assay.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alternaria / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Anti-HIV Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-HIV Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Fusarium / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mice
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Pyrones / isolation & purification
  • Pyrones / pharmacology
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Pyrones
  • Triterpenes