A review: Ethnobotanical survey of genus Leucas

Das, Surya Narayan; Patro, V. J.; Dinda, Subas Chandra

doi:10.4103/0973-7847.99943

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“…Apparently, these findings are mostly attributed to the presence of essential oil constituents as well as diterpenoids [ 35 – 38 ]. Triterpenoids, such as ursolic acid isolated from some Leucas species [ 39 ], showed significant antitrypanosomal activity: it inhibited all movement of T. cruzi epimastigotes at 40 μ g/mL after 48 h incubation [ 40 ].…”

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Evaluation of the In Vitro Antiplasmodial, Antileishmanial, and Antitrypanosomal Activity of Medicinal Plants Used in Saudi and Yemeni Traditional Medicine

Mothana

Al-Musayeib

Alajmi

et al. 2014

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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The antiplasmodial, antileishmanial, and antitrypanosomal activity of twenty-five medicinal plants distributed in Saudi Arabia and Yemen was evaluated. The plants were extracted with methanol and screened in vitro against erythrocytic schizonts of Plasmodium falciparum, intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma cruzi, and free trypomastigotes of T. brucei. To assess selectivity, cytotoxicity was determined on MRC-5 cells. Criteria for activity were an IC50 < 10 μg/mL and high selectivity (SI). Seven plants showed interesting antiprotozoal activity in one or more models. Extracts of Caralluma penicillata and Acalypha ciliata showed fairly good activity against P. falciparum with IC50 of 6.7 and 10.8 μg/mL and adequate selectivity (SI > 9.6 and >5.9). Interesting activity against L. infantum was obtained with Verbascum bottae (IC50 of 3.2 μg/mL, SI 10.2) and Solanum glabratum (IC50 8.1 μg/mL, SI 3.4). The extracts of C. penicillata, Leucas virgata, Loranthus regularis, and V. bottae exhibited moderate activity against T. brucei (IC50 8.5, 8.1, 8.3, and 2.3 μg/mL; SI > 7.6, 7.7, 4.3, and >14.1). These results partly support the traditional use of some of the selected medicinal plants and warrant further investigations into the putative active constituents.

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Evaluation of the In Vitro Antiplasmodial, Antileishmanial, and Antitrypanosomal Activity of Medicinal Plants Used in Saudi and Yemeni Traditional Medicine

Mothana

Al-Musayeib

Alajmi

et al. 2014

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“…is distributed in India in the western peninsular, subtropical Himalayan region, and in the states of West Bengal and Orissa [4]. The juice from the leaf of this herb is applied externally to treat ailments relating to headache, while the decoction has been used orally to treat diabetes mellitus and liver diseases such as hepatitis [5]. In our continuing efforts to isolate bioactive compounds from plants found in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra for the development of new drugs active against infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis, we report herein the isolation and structure elucidation of compound 1, (−)epi-marmelo lactone, a new natural product, along with eight known compounds (2-9) (l " Fig.…”

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Leucas mollissima, a Source of Bioactive Compounds with Antimalarial and Antimycobacterium Activities

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!A phytochemical investigation of the acetone extract from the aerial parts of Leucas mollissima afforded one new (−)epi-marmelo lactone, (2 S, 4R, 6 S)-2,6-dimethyl-6 hydroxy-7-ene-4-olide (1), along with five known compounds, schensianol A (2), vanillin (3), β-hydroxy propiovanillone (4), lanost-9(11),25-diene-3β,24β-diol (5), and lanost-9(11),23E(24)-diene-3β,25-diol (6). Similarly, an investigation of the methanol extract of the aerial parts of L. mollissima resulted in the isolation of three known compounds, (+)-syringaresinol (7), anisofolin A (8), and apigenin 7-O-β-D(− 6′′-p-E-coumaroyl)-glucoside (9). Structure elucidation of the isolated compounds was carried out using detailed analysis of 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance. All compounds were evaluated for antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) and for antimycobacterium activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra and Mycobacterium bovis. Compound 8 was found to have promising antimalarial activity (IC 50 4.39 ± 0.25 µM), promising antimycobacterium activity [IC 50 4.50 ± 0.75 µM (3.31 µg/mL)] against M. tuberculosis H37Ra and at 100 µg/mL, showed 55.6 % inhibition of M. bovis. Compound 9 showed moderate inhibition of P. falciparum growth (35% inhibition at 10 µM) with respect to the positive control atovaquone and 67.4 % inhibition against M. bovis at 100 µg/mL with respect to the positive control rifampicin.

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“…In India, the decoction of the plant is used orally in the treatment of diarrhoea, fever, jaundice, blood purifier, cold, cough, as an appetizer and emmenagogue. The poultice prepared from the flowers and leaves is applied externally to treat headache [ 9 ]. Traditionally, the L. cephalotes leaves juice used topically in psoriasis, scorpion sting, skin eruptions, jaundice, asthma, anti-inflammatory, dyspepsia, paralysis and internally for the treatment of urinary complaints [ 10 ].…”

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Anti-dengue activity of super critical extract and isolated oleanolic acid of Leucas cephalotes using in vitro and in silico approach

Dar

Kaushik

Yadav

2021

BMC Complement Med Ther

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Backgrounds Leucas cephalotes is a common ethnomedicinal plant widely used by traditional healers for the treatment of Malaria and other types of fever. Oleanolic acid and its derivatives have been reported for various types of pharmacological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, hepatoprotective, anti-HIV and anti-HCV activity. Methods L.cephalotes plant extracts were prepared by supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) method and oleanolic acid was isolated by preparatory thin-layer chromatography. The compound was identified and characterize by using ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-VIS), Fourier transform infra-Red spectroscopy (FT-IR) and high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC). The structure of the compound was elucidated by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1HNMR) and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance (1CNMR) and the purity checked by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The MTT assay was used to determine the toxicity of plant extract and oleanolic acid using a microplate reader at 595 nm. The anti-dengue activity of plant extract and oleanolic acid was tested in vitro and in silico using real-time RT-PCR. Results The optimum yield of the extract was obtained at 40 °C temperature and 15Mpa pressure. The maximum non-toxic dose (MNTD) of plant extract and oleanolic acid were found as 46.87 μg/ml and 93.75 μg/ml, respectively in C6/36 cell lines. UV spectrophotometer curve of the isolated compound was overlapped with standard oleanolic acid at 232 nm. Superimposed FT-IR structure of the isolated compound was indicated the same spectra at 3433, 2939, 2871, 1690, 1500,1463, 1387, 1250, 1209, 1137 and 656 position as per marker compound. HPTLC analysis showed the retention factor of L. cephalotes extract was 0.19 + 0.06 as similar to the standard oleanolic acid chromatogram. The NMR structure of the isolated compound was identified as similar to the marker oleanolic acid structure. DSC analysis revealed the purity of isolated oleanolic acid was 98.27% with a melting point of 311.16 °C. Real-time RT PCR results revealed that L. cephalotes supercritical extract and isolated oleanolic acid showed 100 and 99.17% inhibition against the dengue − 2 virus when treated with MNTD value of plant extract (46.87 μg/ml) and the test compound (93.75 μg/ml), respectively. The molecular study demonstrated the binding energy of oleanolic acid with NS1and NS5 (non-structural protein) were − 9.42 & -8.32Kcal/mol, respectively. Conclusions The SFE extract L. cephalotes and its active compound, oleanolic acid inhibiting the activity of dengue-2 serotype in the in vitro and in silico assays. Thus, the L.cephalotes plant could be an excellent source for drug design for the treatment of dengue infection.

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A review: Ethnobotanical survey of genus Leucas

Cited by 21 publications

References 62 publications

Evaluation of the In Vitro Antiplasmodial, Antileishmanial, and Antitrypanosomal Activity of Medicinal Plants Used in Saudi and Yemeni Traditional Medicine

Evaluation of the In Vitro Antiplasmodial, Antileishmanial, and Antitrypanosomal Activity of Medicinal Plants Used in Saudi and Yemeni Traditional Medicine

Leucas mollissima, a Source of Bioactive Compounds with Antimalarial and Antimycobacterium Activities

Anti-dengue activity of super critical extract and isolated oleanolic acid of Leucas cephalotes using in vitro and in silico approach

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