Phytochemical study of the stem bark of Erismadelphus exsul Mildbr. (Vochysiaceae) and chemotaxonomic significance of the isolated secondary metabolites
Marc II Mabounda Moutsinga , Guy Raymond Feuya Tchouya , Paulin Nkolo , Hibrahim Foundikou , Rudy-Karelle Lemah-Yottoh , Ghismel Nzamba Moussavou , Berthier Edouard Nkizo'o Ella , Yugal Kishore Mohanta , Jacques Lebibi
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Abstract
Erismadelphus exsul Mildbr. belongs to family Vochysiaceae and is traditionally important to native communities of Gabon for its medicinal value and frequently use in rituals. It has been highly valued for centuries for its application in the treatment of various diseases and the preservation of spiritual health through traditional knowledge. Owing to a deep scientific investigation, eleven known compounds have been isolated from the CH2Cl2/MeOH (1:1) extract of the stem bark using liquid-liquid extraction and chromatographic separation methods, and identified through spectroscopic analysis and physical data in comparison with data from the existing literature. These compounds include β-sitosterol (1), stigmasterol (2), betulinic acid (3), oleanolic acid (4), ursolic acid (5), sitosterol 3-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (6), genistein 7-O-glucoside-6″-malonate (7), 3′-O-methyl-3,4-O,O-methylidene ellagic acid (8), 3-O-methylellagic acid-3′-O-α-rhamnopyranoside (9), bellericagenin A (10) and bellericaside A (11). Current work deals with the isolation and identification of the compounds, along with the discussion of their chemotaxonomic significance for future exploration in successful use in pharmaceutical product development.
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Biochemical Systematics and Ecology is devoted to the publication of original papers and reviews, both submitted and invited, in two subject areas: I) the application of biochemistry to problems relating to systematic biology of organisms (biochemical systematics); II) the role of biochemistry in interactions between organisms or between an organism and its environment (biochemical ecology).
In the Biochemical Systematics subject area, comparative studies of the distribution of (secondary) metabolites within a wider taxon (e.g. genus or family) are welcome. Comparative studies, encompassing multiple accessions of each of the taxa within their distribution are particularly encouraged. Welcome are also studies combining classical chemosystematic studies (such as comparative HPLC-MS or GC-MS investigations) with (macro-) molecular phylogenetic studies. Studies that involve the comparative use of compounds to help differentiate among species such as adulterants or substitutes that illustrate the applied use of chemosystematics are welcome. In contrast, studies solely employing macromolecular phylogenetic techniques (gene sequences, RAPD studies etc.) will be considered out of scope. Discouraged are manuscripts that report known or new compounds from a single source taxon without addressing a systematic hypothesis. Also considered out of scope are studies using outdated and hard to reproduce macromolecular techniques such as RAPDs in combination with standard chemosystematic techniques such as GC-FID and GC-MS.