Unusual N-acetoxymethyl derivatives of flindersine and acridone alkaloids from Kenyan Vepris glandulosa and V. hanangensis var unifoliata and their inhibitory effects against HIV 1 reverse transcriptase
Carlotta Zamboni , Fatima Iganya Suleiman , Eduard Mas-Claret , Sajni Shah , Martin Cheek , Quentin Luke , Sani M. Isyaka , Moses K. Langat
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Abstract
The leaves of Vepris glandulosa gave ten compounds, nine known, flindersine (1a), 7-methoxyflindersine (1b), 7-prenyloxyflindersine (3), toddaliopsin C (4), xanthoxoline (5), arborinine (6), lupeol, sitosterol and pheophytin a, and one previously undescribed compound N-acetoxymethyl-7-methoxyflindersine (2). The leaves of Vepris hanangensis var. unifoliata gave eleven compounds, eight known, 7-methoxyflindersine (1b), 7-prenyloxyflindersine (3), toddaliopsin C (4), xanthoxoline (5) arborinine (6), lupeol, sitosterol and pheophytin a, and three previously undescribed compounds N-acetoxymethyl-7-methoxyflindersine (2), 8-carboxygeranioloxyflindersine (7) and 8-carboxygeranioloxy-N-methylflindersine (8). Compounds 1a, 1b, 2-8 were analysed for their in silico inhibitory effect against HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and compounds 1b, 2, 7 and 8 were analysed for their in vitro inhibitory effects against HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.