Gastroprotective activity of ent-beyerene derivatives in mice: Effects on gastric secretion, endogenous prostaglandins and non-protein sulfhydryls

Seventeen compounds (2–18) synthetized from the diterpenoid ent-beyer-15-en-18-ol (1) isolated from aerial part of Baccharis tola were tested for their gastroprotective activity on the model of HCl/EtOH-induced gastric lesions in mice. Furthermore cytotoxicity test toward fibroblasts and AGS cells were performed. The results showed that compound 1 (ED50 = 50 mg/kg), 2, 6 and 13 were the most active regarding gastroprotective activity. Compounds 8–10 and 17–18 showed the lowest cytotoxicity toward fibroblasts and AGS cells. Regarding to mode of gastroprotective action, the effect elicited by 6 (50 mg/kg) was reversed by Indomethacin but not by N-ethylmaleimide, NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester or ruthenium red, which suggests that prostaglandins are involved in the mode of gastroprotective action of 6.

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