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New Thiophene and Flavonoid from Tagetes minuta Leaves Growing in Saudi Arabia

مؤلف البحث
Nawal M. Al-Musayeib, Gamal A. Mohamed, Sabrin R.M. Ibrahim, Samir A. Ross
قسم البحث
مجلة البحث
Molecules, doi: 10.3390/molecules19032819
تصنيف البحث
1
عدد البحث
Vol. 19
سنة البحث
2014
المشارك في البحث
ملخص البحث

Phytochemical investigation of the methanolic extract of Tagetes minuta L. (Asteraceae) leaves resulted in the isolation and identification of two new compounds: 5-methyl-2,2',5',2'',5'',2''',5''',2''''-quinquethiophene (1) and quercetagetin-6-O-(6-O-caffeoyl--D-glucopyranoside) (9), in addition to seven known compounds: quercetin-3,6-dimethyl ether (2), quercetin-3-methyl ether (3), quercetin (4), axillarin-7-O--D-glucopyranoside (5), quercetagetin-3,7-dimethoxy-6-O--D-glucopyranoside (6), quercetagetin-7-methoxy-6-O--D-glucopyranoside (7), and quercetagetin-6-O--D-glucopyranoside (8). The compounds were identified by UV, IR, 1D, 2D NMR, and HRESIMS spectral data. They showed significant antioxidant activity, comparable with that of propyl gallate. Compounds 8 and 3 showed weak to moderate antileishmanial and antimalarial activities, with IC50 values of 31.0 μg/mL and 4.37 μg/mL, respectively.