Exploring the Antibacterial and Antiparasitic Activity of Phenylaminonaphthoquinones-Green Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Computational Study.

Organic compounds with antibacterial and antiparasitic properties are gaining significance for biomedical applications. This study focuses on the solvent-free synthesis (green synthesis) of 1,4-naphthoquinone or 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone with different phenylamines using silica gel as an acid solid support. The study also includes in silico PASS predictions and the discovery of antibacterial and antiparasitic properties of phenylaminonaphthoquinone derivatives -, which can be further applied in drug discovery and development.

Deciphering anti-infectious compounds from Peruvian medicinal extract library through multiplexed assays and chemical profiling.

High prevalence of parasitic or bacterial infectious diseases in some world areas is due to multiple reasons, including a lack of an appropriate health policy, challenging logistics and poverty. The support to research and development of new medicines to fight infectious diseases is one of the sustainable development goals promoted by World Health Organization (WHO). In this sense, the traditional medicinal knowledge substantiated by ethnopharmacology is a valuable starting point for drug discovery.

Insect Antifeedant Benzofurans from Species.

In this work, we have studied the benzofurans of (aerial parts and transformed roots), (aerial parts and transformed roots), (aerial parts), and (aerial parts and roots). This work has permitted the isolation of the new benzofurans 10-ethoxy-11-hydroxy-10,11-dihydroeuparin (), (-)-eupachinin A ethyl ether (), 11,15-didehydro-eupachinin A (), 10,12-dihydroxy-11-angelyloxy-10,11-dihydroeuparin (), 2,4-dihydroxy-5-formyl-acetophenone () isolated for the first time as a natural product, 11-angelyloxy-10,11-dihydroeuparin (), and 12-angelyloxyeuparone (), along with several known ones (-). In addition, the incubation of the abundant component, 6-hydroxytremetone (), with the fungus has been studied.

Antifungal and Herbicidal Potential of Essential Oils from the Peruvian Amazonia.

The chemical composition of essential oils (EOs) from ten Peruvian Piper species (Piper coruscans, Pc; P. tuberculatum, Pt; P. casapiense, Pcs; P.

Metabolomic approach of the antiprotozoal activity of medicinal Piper species used in Peruvian Amazon.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: In the Peruvian Amazon as in the tropical countries of South America, the use of medicinal Piper species (cordoncillos) is common practice, particularly against symptoms of infection by protozoal parasites. However, there is few documented information about the practical aspects of their use and few scientific validation. The starting point of this work was a set of interviews of people living in six rural communities from the Peruvian Amazon (Alto Amazonas Province) about their uses of plants from Piper genus: one community of Amerindian native people (Shawi community) and five communities of mestizos.

Insect Antifeedant Components of var. -Hualtata.

From a bioactive methanolic extract of , the antifeedant effects of the alkaloidal and non-alkaloidal fractions were tested against the insects , and , with the non-alkaloidal fraction being antifeedant. The phytochemical study of the non-alkaloidal fraction of , resulted in the isolation of four compounds, two 9-oxo-furanoeremophilanes (, ), an eremophilanolide, 1β,10β-epoxy-6-acetoxy-8α-hydroxy-eremofil-7(11)-en-8β,12-olide () and a maaliol derivative (). The alkaloidal fraction yielded two known pyrrolizidine alkaloids (, ).

Insect Antifeedant and Ixodicidal Compounds from Senecio adenotrichius.

Nine eremophilane sesquiterpenes 1 - 9, two flavonoids 11 and 12, and two known pirrolizidine alkaloids 13 and 14, were isolated from Senecio adenotrichius DC. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data and by comparison with previously reported spectroscopic data of similar compounds. Compounds 5, 7, and 9 have not been previously reported as natural products.

Sesquiterpenes, flavonoids, shikimic acid derivatives and pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Senecio kingii Hook.

Twenty-four compounds including eleven eremophilanolides (1-11), one eremophilane (13), five shikimic acid derivatives (14-18), six flavonoids (19-24), and the macrocyclic unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloid integerrimine (25) were isolated from Senecio kingii, an endemic species from the Magallanes Region (Chile). Compounds 3, 5, 6, 8-11 and 13-18 have not been previously reported as natural products. Their molecular structures were determined by NMR spectroscopic analysis and comparison with published NMR data.