Chemical Composition of Bee Pollen and Leishmanicidal Activity of Rhusflavone

Abstract Bee pollen monofloral from Attalea funifera Mart., Arecaceae, known as piaçava, was analyzed with ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detector and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the profiling and structural characterization of the replicated compounds. The principal compound was isolated and tested against Leishmania amazonensis. Fifty-eight compounds were identified, including one sugar, ten flavonoids, two putrescine derivatives, sixteen hydroxycinnamic acid amide derivatives, two coumarate derivatives, and twenty-seven lipids. The isolated compound identified as the biflavonoid rhusflavone showed high leishmanicidal activity against both promastigote ($ IC_{50} $ = 5 μM) and amastigote (76.7% mortality at 2 μM) forms of L. amazonensis, acting via a mechanism involving reactive oxygen species production, mitochondrial dysfunction, and membrane disruption in parasites. The compound showed low toxicity to mammalian cells and human erythrocytes, with selectivity index for erythrocytes >100 and for macrophages ($ CC_{50 macrophages} $/$ IC_{50 amastigotes} $) > 10. These results indicate that rhusflavone is a promising candidate for the development of drugs against L. amazonensis..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Revista Brasileira de farmacognosia - 31(2021), 2 vom: Apr., Seite 176-183

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gomes, Ayala Nara Pereira [VerfasserIn]
Camara, Celso Amorim [VerfasserIn]
dos Santos Sousa, Alexsandro [VerfasserIn]
de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos, Francisco [VerfasserIn]
de Santana Filho, Paulo Cesar [VerfasserIn]
Dorneles, Gilson Pires [VerfasserIn]
Romão, Pedro Roosevelt Torres [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Tania Maria Sarmento [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cytotoxicity
Flavonoids
Hydroxycinnamic acid amide
Lipids
UPLC-DAD-qTOF-MS/MS

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© Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia 2021

doi:

10.1007/s43450-021-00130-z

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OLC2125585308