Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1361299 | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids, tiliacorinine (1), 2′-nortiliacorinine (2), and tiliacorine (3), isolated from the edible plant, Tiliacora triandra, as well as a synthetic derivative, 13′-bromo-tiliacorinine (4), were tested against 59 clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-MTB). The alkaloids 1–4 showed MIC values ranging from 0.7 to 6.2 μg/ml, but they exhibited the MIC value at 3.1 μg/ml against most MDR-MTB isolates. The present work suggests that bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids are potential new chemical scaffolds for antimycobacterial activity.
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Authors
Sanya Sureram, Sarath P.D. Senadeera, Poonpilas Hongmanee, Chulabhorn Mahidol, Somsak Ruchirawat, Prasat Kittakoop,