Estudo fitoquímico e ensaios biológicos de Didymopanax morototoni (Araliaceae)

Abstract

The species Didymopanax morototoni (araliaceae), known as morototó is used in folk medicine in some countries of Latin America and Brazil is used to regulate menstrual flow, however, studies of its chemical composition were not reported. This study evaluated the potential of extracts and fractions of D. morototoni for the control of tropical disease vectors, Aedes aegypti larvae, the mollusk Biomphalaria glabrata, inhibition of reverse transcriptase, antitumor activity against the NCI-H292 cells and K562, and as well as the elucidation of the six active ingredients. The plant material was collected in the municipality of Pilar, Alagoas State, and was subjected to a phytochemical study led by the molluscicidal bioassay. The crude extract of the plant was obtained by extraction with 90% ethanol and subjected to fractionation with solvents of increasing polarity. The structural elucidation of compounds was based on the analysis of IR spectra and NMR, experiments including 1D and 2D. Were isolated from the chloroform fraction of the stem bark acid 3-O-β-D-xilopiranosil (1→3) β- glucopyranosyl-olean-12-en-28-oic acid (DMCC1), the mixture of 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosylsitosterol and 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-stigmasterol (DMCC2) and acid 3-O-β-Dglucopyranosyl (1→2) β - arabinopiranosil (4→1) β-glucopyranosyl-olean-12-en-28-oicacid (DMCC3), and the hexane fraction of the wood the mixture of steroids stigmasterol and β-sitosterol (DMM1), oleanolic acid (DMM2), ursolic acid (DMM3). The ethanolic leaf extract of D. morototoni was active against the larvae of Aedes aegypti with LC50 55.0264mg. mL-1. The ethanolic extract of the wood, stem bark and root have shown molluscicidal activity against the snail Biomphalaria glabrata. The ethanol extract of the root exhibited higher molluscicidal activity with LC50 5.336 mg. mL-1. among the compounds isolated the triterpene glycosides and DMCC1 DMCC3 showed molluscicidal activity with LC50 1.012 and 0.906 mg. mL-1 respectively. The ethanol extracts of leaf and root bark inhibited the action of the enzyme reverse transcriptase (RT) 100% and 51% respectively at a concentration of 50 mg. mL-1. Although the stem bark extract did not show significant inhibition of TR to the hexane fraction showed 79.62% inhibitory activity of 50 mg. mL-1. All substances isolated from D. morototoni inhibited RT, the mixture of 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-sitosterol and 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-stigmasterol showed the greatest potential inhibitor of TR with 70.41% at 10 mg. mL-1. For testing the antitumor activity was the best result for the ethanolic extract of stem bark with IC50 3.44 mg. mL-1 and K-562 IC50 8.01 mg. mL-1 in NCI-H292. This extract only the chloroform fraction was active with IC50 7.97 and 13.32 mg. mL-1 for NCIH292 cells and K562 respectively. The extract and fractions derived from the stem bark showed activity imunomudulatória with a percentage ranging from 64% to 99.25% 100 mg.mL-1. The results of phytochemical and biological activity contribute to propose the use of this plant molluscicide agent, antiviral and antitumor.