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In vitro metabolism studies of erythraline, the major spiroalkaloid from Erythrina verna.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Erythrina verna, popularly known as "mulungu", is a Brazilian medicinal plant used to treat anxiety. Erythrina alkaloids have been described in several species of Erythrina, which have biological and therapeutic properties well known that include anxiolytic and sedative effects.

Methods

In this work, in vitro metabolism of erythraline (1), the major spirocyclic alkaloid of Erythrina verna, was studied in the pig cecum model and by biomimetic phase I reactions. The biomimetic reactions were performed with Jacobsen catalyst to produce oxidative metabolites and one metabolite was isolated and evaluated against cancer cells, as HL-60 (promyelocytic leukemia), SF-295 (Glioblastoma) and OVCAR-8 (ovarian carcinoma).

Results

Erythraline exhibited no metabolization by the pig microbiota and a main putative metabolite was formed in a biomimetic model using Jacobsen catalyst. This metabolite was isolated and identified as 8-oxo-erythraline (2). Finally, erythraline and the putative metabolite were tested in MTT model and both compounds showed no important cytotoxic activity against tumor cells.

Conclusions

The alkaloid erythraline was not metabolized by intestinal microbiota, but it was possible to identify its oxidative metabolite from biomimetic reactions. So these data are interesting and stimulate other studies involving this alkaloid, since it is present in phytomedicine products and there are not reported data about the metabolism of erythrina alkaloids.

SUBMITTER: Guaratini T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3930555 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In vitro metabolism studies of erythraline, the major spiroalkaloid from Erythrina verna.

Guaratini Thais T   Silva Denise Brentan DB   Bizaro Aline Cavalli AC   Sartori Lucas Rossi LR   Humpf Hans-Ulrich HU   Lopes Norberto Peporine NP   Costa-Lotufo Letícia Veras LV   Lopes João Luis Callegari JL  

BMC complementary and alternative medicine 20140218


<h4>Background</h4>Erythrina verna, popularly known as "mulungu", is a Brazilian medicinal plant used to treat anxiety. Erythrina alkaloids have been described in several species of Erythrina, which have biological and therapeutic properties well known that include anxiolytic and sedative effects.<h4>Methods</h4>In this work, in vitro metabolism of erythraline (1), the major spirocyclic alkaloid of Erythrina verna, was studied in the pig cecum model and by biomimetic phase I reactions. The biomi  ...[more]

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