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The bulbs and aerial parts of Zephyranthes concolor (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook. f. (Amaryllidaceae), an endemic species to Mexico, were found to contain the alkaloids chlidanthine, galanthamine, galanthamine N-oxide, lycorine, galwesine, and epinorgalanthamine. Since currently only partial and low resolution 1H-NMR data for chlidanthine acetate are available, and none for chlidanthine, its 1D and 2D high resolution 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra were recorded. Unambiguous assignations were achieved with HMBC, and HSQC experiments, and its structure was corroborated by X-ray diffraction. Minimum energy conformation for structures of chlidanthine, and its positional isomer galanthamine, were calculated by molecular modelling. Galanthamine is a well known acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; therefore, the isolated alkaloids were tested for this activity. Chlidanthine and galanthamine N-oxide inhibited electric eel acetylcholinesterase (2.4 and 2.6 × 10−5 M, respectively), indicating they are about five times less potent than galanthamine, while galwesine was inactive at 10−3 M. Inhibitory activity of HIV-1 replication, and cytotoxicity of the isolated alkaloids were evaluated in human MT-4 cells; however, the alkaloids showed poor activity as compared with standard anti-HIV drugs, but most of them were not cytotoxic.
amaryllidaceae, Molecular Sequence Data, Organic chemistry, alkaloids, Antiviral Agents, Article, Cell Line, QD241-441, Alkaloids, chlidanthine, X-Ray Diffraction, X-rays, Alcaloides, VIH (Virus), Liliaceae, Animals, Humans, Zephyranthes concolor, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Molecular Structure, Amaril·lidàcies, HIV (Viruses), Galantamine, Plant Extracts, Amaryllidaceae, Hydrogen Bonding, Electrophorus, Acetylcholinesterase, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids, HIV-1, Raigs X, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, alkaloids; chlidanthine; <em>Zephyranthes concolor</em>; amaryllidaceae
amaryllidaceae, Molecular Sequence Data, Organic chemistry, alkaloids, Antiviral Agents, Article, Cell Line, QD241-441, Alkaloids, chlidanthine, X-Ray Diffraction, X-rays, Alcaloides, VIH (Virus), Liliaceae, Animals, Humans, Zephyranthes concolor, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Molecular Structure, Amaril·lidàcies, HIV (Viruses), Galantamine, Plant Extracts, Amaryllidaceae, Hydrogen Bonding, Electrophorus, Acetylcholinesterase, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids, HIV-1, Raigs X, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, alkaloids; chlidanthine; <em>Zephyranthes concolor</em>; amaryllidaceae
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