Antitrypanosomal compounds from the essential oil and extracts of Keetia leucantha leaves with inhibitor activity on Trypanosoma brucei glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

Keetia leucantha is a West African tree used in traditional medicine to treat several diseases among which parasitic infections. The dichloromethane extract of leaves was previously shown to possess growth-inhibitory activities on Plasmodium falciparum, Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Leishmania mexic...

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Published in:	Phytomedicine (Stuttgart) Vol. 20; no. 3-4; pp. 270 - 274
Main Authors:	Bero, J., Beaufay, C., Hannaert, V., Hérent, M.-F., Michels, P.A., Quetin-Leclercq, J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Germany Elsevier GmbH 15-02-2013 Urban & Fischer Verlag
Subjects:	Care and treatment Chemical properties Essences and essential oils Essential oil Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases - antagonists & inhibitors Health aspects Keetia leucantha Leishmania mexicana Materia medica, Vegetable Oils, Volatile - chemistry Parasitic Sensitivity Tests Phytotherapy Plant extracts Plant Extracts - chemistry Plant Leaves - chemistry Plants, Medicinal - chemistry Plasmodium falciparum Rubiaceae Rubiaceae - chemistry Trypanocidal Agents - isolation & purification Trypanosoma brucei Trypanosoma brucei brucei Trypanosoma brucei brucei - enzymology Belgium Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase Keetia leucantha Essential oil Trypanosoma brucei
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Summary:	Keetia leucantha is a West African tree used in traditional medicine to treat several diseases among which parasitic infections. The dichloromethane extract of leaves was previously shown to possess growth-inhibitory activities on Plasmodium falciparum, Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Leishmania mexicana mexicana with low or no cytotoxicity (>100μg/ml on human normal fibroblasts) (Bero et al. 2009, 2011). In continuation of our investigations on the antitrypanosomal compounds from this dichloromethane extract, we analyzed by GC-FID and GC–MS the essential oil of its leaves obtained by hydrodistillation and the major triterpenic acids in this extract by LC–MS. Twenty-seven compounds were identified in the oil whose percentages were calculated using the normalization method. The essential oil, seven of its constituents and the three triterpenic acids were evaluated for their antitrypanosomal activity on Trypanosoma brucei brucei bloodstream forms (Tbb BSF) and procyclic forms (Tbb PF) to identify an activity on the glycolytic process of trypanosomes. The oil showed an IC50 of 20.9μg/ml on Tbb BSF and no activity was observed on Tbb PF. The best antitrypanosomal activity was observed for ursolic acid with IC50 of 2.5 and 6.5μg/ml respectively on Tbb BSF and Tbb PF. The inhibitory activity on a glycolytic enzyme of T. brucei, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), was also evaluated for betulinic acid, olenaolic acid, ursolic acid, phytol, α-ionone and β-ionone. The three triterpenic acids and β-ionone showed inhibitory activities on GAPDH with oleanolic acid being the most active with an inhibition of 72.63% at 20μg/ml. This paper reports for the first time the composition and antitrypanosomal activity of the essential oil of Keetia leucantha. Several of its constituents and three triterpenic acids present in the dichloromethane leaves extract showed a higher antitrypanosomal activity on bloodstream forms of Tbb as compared to procyclic forms, namely geranyl acetone, phytol, α-ionone, β-ionone, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid and betulinic acid. The four last compounds were proven to be inhibitors of trypanosomal GAPDH, which may in part explain these antitrypanosomal activities.
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ISSN:	0944-7113 1618-095X
DOI:	10.1016/j.phymed.2012.10.010