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Cytotoxicity of Wedelia paludosa D.C. extracts and constituents

2009; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 19; Issue: 1a Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0102-695x2009000100009

ISSN

1981-528X

Autores

Ronan Batista, Geraldo Célio Brandão, Fernão Castro Braga, Alaı́de Braga de Oliveira,

Tópico(s)

Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions

Resumo

Wedelia paludosa D.C. (Asteraceae) is an ornamental species occurring in many regions of Brazil. Aiming to find new cytotoxic compounds, the hydromethanol extract of W. paludosa (HME), as well as the dichloromethane (DF) and water (WF) fractions resulting from its partition, were submitted to the brine shrimp lethality bioassay (BSLB) in order to evaluate their cytotoxicity. Dichloromethane fraction (DF) was shown to be the most cytotoxic fraction (LC50 = 140.6 μg/mL), and its analysis by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) revealed ent-kaurenoic (1, 6.22 ± 0.23%) and grandiflorenic (2, 3.22 ± 0.31%) acids as important constituents. HME (LC50 = 980 μg/mL), DF (LC50 = 140.6 μg/mL), 1 (LC50 = 15.9 μg/mL) and 2 (LC50 = 29.8 μg/mL) were found to be cytotoxic, while the water fraction (WF, LC50 >> 1000 μg/mL) was inactive. As conclusion, the cytotoxicity observed for HME and DF is mainly due to the presence of 1 and 2 in their constitution.

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