Adamcová, M.: Study of biological activity of alkaloids isolated from Argemone grandiflora (Papaveraceae) I. Diploma thesis, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology, Hradec Králové 2015. The aim of this study was isolation of substances from total diethyl ether alkaloid extract of Argemone grandiflora Sweet, their identification and assessment of their inhibition activity towards acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase and prolyl oligopeptidase. Using common chromatografic methods, four alkaloids were isolated, that was identified as (+)-laudanosine, protopine, (-)-argemonine a (-)-platycerine. These substances was tested for their inhibition activity IC50: (+)-laudanosine (IC50 AChE = 617,00 ± 46,55 μM, IC50 BuChE = 644,77 ± 55,52 μM, IC50 POP = not mesured yet); protopine (IC50 AChE = 229,98 ± 21,02 μM, IC50 BuChE = 208,87 ± 17,67 μM, IC50 POP ˃ 1000 μM); (-)-argemonine (IC50 AChE = 4677,75 ± 1241,08 μM, IC50 BuChE = 885,45 ± 119,50 μM, IC50 POP = 337 ± 83,1 μM); (-)-platycerine (IC50 AChE = 223,65 ± 19,61 μM, IC50 BuChE = 1651,25 ± 327,7 μM, IC50 POP = 687 ± 74 μM). In comparison with the standards galanthamine (IC50 AChE = 1,710 ± 0,065 μM, IC50 BuChE = 42,30 ± 1,30 μM) and huperzine A (IC50 AChE = 0,033 ± 0,001...

Malý, L.: Study of biological activity of alkaloids isolated from Fumaria officinalis L. (Fumariaceae) II. Diploma Thesis, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology, Hradec Králové 2014, 49 pp. Obtained diethylether extract of Fumaria officinalis L. was separated to fractions in column chromatography with petrol, chloroform and ethanol. Preparative TLC and crystalisation led to isolation of five alkaloids from fraction. Alkaloids were identified by GC-MS and NMR specters, optical rotation and melting point as protopine, cryptopine, (-)-fumaricine, (+)-fumariline and (+)-parfumidine. Isolated alkaloids were tested for their inhibition activity towards acetyl- and butyrylcholinesterase and towards prolyloligopeptidase. Activities were compared with standards. Natural inhibitor galanthamine showed IC50 AChE 1.710 ± 0.065 µM, IC50 BuChE 42.30 ± 1.30 µM. Best inhibition activity showed protopine (IC50 AChE 345.4 ± 24 µM, IC50 BuChE 239.6 ± 22.3 µM) and cryptopine (IC50 AChE 477.71 ± 47.33 µM, IC50 BuChE 270.82 ± 39.12 µM). The highest prolyloligopeptidase inhibition activity showed (+)-parfumidine with IC50 POP 99.2 µM, which was more active than used natural inhibitor baicaline (IC50 POP 605.9 ± 0.021 µM). Synthetic POP...

Kostelník, J.: Study of biological activity of alkaloids isolated from Fumaria officinalis L. (Fumariaceae) I. Diploma thesis, Charles University in Prague,Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology, Hradec Králové 2014, 63 p. The aim of this study was to isolate alkaloids from joined fraction no. 55-67 (A2) obtained from the total alkaloid fraction of extract of Fumaria officinalis L. (Fumariaceae) plant. Using chromatography methods three alkaloids were isolated and then identified by structural analysis (GC-MS, NMR). Three alkaloids were isolated by using common chromagografic methods and then identified by structural analyses optical rotation and melting point as (-)-O- methylfumarophycine, (-)-sinactine a (-)-stylopine. Inhibitory activity of isolated alkaloids was assessed against human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase, human butyrylcholineesterase and prolyl oligopeptidase. The results were expressed as IC50 values ((-)-stylopine: IC50 AChE and IC50 BuChE > 1000 μM, IC50 POP > 1000 mM; (-)-O-methylfumarophycine: IC50 AChE = 963.10 ± 135.98 µM, IC50 BuChE = 1771.0 ± 380.94 µM, IC50 POP - unmeasured; (-)-sinactine IC50 AChE = 632.0 ± 68.12 µM, IC50 BuChE = 8154.3 ± 981.42 µM, IC50 POP = IC50 POP = 52.9 ± 1.8 µM). None of alkaloids isolated showed...

Michal, Vojtěch: STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF ISOLATED ALKALOIDS FROM ARGEMONE GRANDIFLORA (PAPAVERACEAE) II. Diploma thesis 2015. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology. Supervisor: PharmDr. Jakub Chlebek, PhD. Key words: Argemone grandiflora Sweet, Papaveraceae, alkaloids, isolation, acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase, prolyloligopeptidase, Alzheimerʼs disease, in vitro assay. Diethylether alkaloid extract obtained from stem and roots of Argemone grandiflora Sweet was chromatografically analyzed. Using common chromatografic methods, three alkaloids were isolated in clean form. These substances were identified as allocryptopine, (-)-munitagine and (-)-norargemonine by structural analysis (MS, NMR). These obtained alkaloids were tested for their inhibitory activity against human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and human plasma butyrylcholinestrase (BuChE) by Ellman's method. The results were represented as IC50 values (allocryptopine: IC50 AChE = 250,0 ± 2,52 μM, IC50 BuChE = 530 ± 28,2 μM; (-)-munitagine: IC50 AChE = 62,29 ± 5,81 μM, IC50 BuChE = 837,4 ± 23,03 μM; (-)-norargemonine: IC50 AChE = 205,17 ± 11,6 μM, IC50 BuChE = 4158,20 ± 495,78 μM). Inhibition against prolyloligopeptidase was tested for...

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This paper presents the results obtained of the phytochemical bioguide of methanol extracts of the leaves and stem bark of Guatteria pogonopus Mart., a species belonging to the family Annonaceae. The botanical material (leaves and stem bark) were collected in the National Park Serra de Itabaiana (PARNA), Sergipe, Brazil. The extracts were obtained by maceration method at room temperature initially with hexane and then methanol, resulting in the hexane (EHF e EHC) and methanol (EMF e EMC) extracts, respectively. The methanol extracts from the leaves (EMF) and stem bark (EMC) indicated the presence of alkaloids when the Dragendorff reagent was applied that was submitted to the acid-base treatment resulting in the chloroform fractions alkaloid (FCAF and FCAC), and neutral fractions (FCNF and FCNC), respectively. The alkaloid fractions (FCAF and FCAC) were then subjected to the usual chromatographic techniques allowing the isolation of alkaloids. The FCAF fraction resulted in the isolation of six alkaloids identified as: lysicamine, (S)-(+)-nuciferine, (S)-(+)-roemerine, (-)- tetrahydropseudocolumbamine, (S)-(+)-isocoridine and a mixture of govanine, liriodenine and lysicamine. The FCAC fraction led to the identification of ten different mixtures alkaloids, such as puterine, anonaine, nornuciferine, obovanine, isopiline, Omethylisopiline, launobine, oxoputerine, liriodenine and lanuginosine. The alkaloids were identified through the techniques of MS and NMR 1H and 13C 1D and 2D as well as, comparison to literature data. Furthermore, the pure alkaloids isolated from the leaves were submitted the specific optical rotation measures. The extracts, fractions, pure alkaloids and in the mixture were subjected to evaluation of the cytotoxic activity by the Alamar Blue method, which observed a high percentage of inhibition of cell proliferation for the methanol extract of the stem bark EMC (80.11 ± 8.12%) and alkaloidal fraction of FCAF leaves (80.56 ± 8.15%) against the human hepatocellular carcinoma and for the mixture of compounds govanine, liriodenine and lysicamine (IC50 3.10 μg mL-1) against human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) which can be attributed to the presence of liriodenine. Most of the identified alkaloids are described in different species of Annonaceae, particularly in the Guatteria genus. Thus, it appears that G. pogonopus presents a caracteristic chemotaxonomy the Annonaceae family and, linked to this, is a promising source of substances with potential cytotoxic activity. / O referido trabalho apresenta os resultados obtidos do estudo fitoquímico biomonitorado dos extratos metanólicos das folhas e cascas do caule de Guatteria pogonopus Mart., uma espécie pertencente a família Annonaceae. Os materiais botânicos (folhas e cascas do caule) foram coletados no Parque Nacional Serra de Itabaiana (PARNA), Sergipe, Brasil. Os extratos brutos foram obtidos pelo método de maceração à temperatura ambiente inicialmente com hexano e, posteriormente com metanol obtendo os extratos hexânicos (EHF e EHC) e metanólicos (EMF e EMC), respectivamente. Os extratos metanólicos das folhas (EMF) e cascas do caule (EMC) indicaram a presença de alcaloides frente ao reagente Dragendorff sendo então submetidos ao tratamento ácidobase resultando nas frações clorofórmicas alcaloídicas (FCAF e FCAC) e, as neutras (FCNF e FCNC), respectivamente. As frações alcaloídicas (FCAF e FCAC) foram então submetidas às técnicas cromatográficas usuais permitindo o isolamento de alcaloides. A fração FCAF resultou no isolamento de seis alcaloides que foram identificados como: lisicamina, (S)-(+)-nuciferina, (S)-(+)-roemerina, (-)-tetraidropseudocolumbamina, (S)-(+)- isocoridina e uma mistura de tetraidropseudocolumbamina, liriodenina e lisicamina. A fração FCAC levou a identificação de dez alcaloides em diferentes misturas, tais como: puterina, anonaina, nornuciferina, obovanina, isopilina, O-metilisopilina, launobina, oxoputerina, liriodenina e lanuginosina. Os alcaloides foram identificados através das técnicas de EM e RMN de 1H e 13C (1D e 2D), bem como, comparação com os dados da literatura. Além disso, os alcaloides puros das folhas foram sumetidos as medidas de rotação óptica específica. Os extratos, frações, alcaloides puros e em mistura foram submetidos ao ensaio de atividade citotóxica pelo método de Alamar Blue, em que se verificou um maior percentual de inibição da proliferação celular para o extrato metanólico das cascas EMC (80,11 ± 8,12%) e da fração alcaloídica das folhas FCAF (80,56 ± 8,15%) frente ao carcinoma hepatocelular humano e, para a mistura de compostos de govanina, liriodenina e lisicamina (IC50 3,10 µg mL-1) frente a leucemia promielocítica humana (HL-60) que pode ser atribuída à presença da liriodenina. A maioria dos alcaloides identificados é descrito em diferentes espécies de Annonaceae, particularmente no gênero Guatteria. Dessa forma, infere-se que G. pogonopus apresenta uma quimiotaxonomia característica da família Annonaceae e, atrelado a isso, é uma fonte promissora de substâncias com potencial atividade citotóxica.