Manzamine alkalodis: isolation, cytotoxicity, antimalarial activity and SAR studies

作者:Ashok Penta; Ganguly Swastika; Murugesan Sankaranarayanan*
来源:Drug Discovery Today, 2014, 19(11): 1781-1791.
DOI:10.1016/j.drudis.2014.06.010

摘要

The infectious disease Malaria is caused by different species of the genus Plasmodium. Resistance to quinoline antimalarial drugs and decreased susceptibility to artemisinin-based combination therapy have increased the need for novel antimalarial agents. Historically, natural products have been used for the treatment of infectious diseases. Identification of natural products and their semi-synthetic derivatives with potent antimalarial activity is an important method for developing novel antimalarial agents. Manzamine alkaloids are a unique group of beta-carboline alkaloids isolated from various species of marine sponge displaying potent antimalarial activity against drug-sensitive and -resistant strains of Plasmodium. In this review, we demonstrate antimalarial potency, cytotoxicity and antimalarial SAR of manzamine alkaloids.

  • 出版日期2014-11