Chemical and biological investigations of Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf

Acta Pharm. 2010 Jun;60(2):207-15. doi: 10.2478/v10007-010-0018-7.

Abstract

In this study, five compounds, lupeol (1), epilupeol (2), β-sitosterol (3), stigmasterol (4) and p-methoxybenzaldehyde (5) were isolated from the petroleum ether and dichloromethane fractions of a methanolic extract of the stem bark of Delonix regia. Antimicrobial screening of the different extracts (15 μg mm-2) was conducted by the disc diffusion method. The zones of inhibition demonstrated by the petroleum ether, carbon tetrachloride and dichloromethane fractions ranged from 9-14 mm, 11-13 mm and 9-20 mm, respectively, compared to kanamycin standard with the zone of inhibition of 20-25 mm. In brine shrimp lethality bioassay, the carbon tetrachloride soluble materials demonstrated the highest toxicity with LC50 of 0.83 μg mL-1, while petroleum ether and dichloromethane soluble partitionates of the methanolic extract revealed LC50 of 14.94 and 3.29 μg mL-1, respectively, in comparison with standard vincristine sulphate with LC50 of 0.812 μg mL-1. This is the first report on compounds separation from D. regia, their antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Benzaldehydes / chemistry
  • Benzaldehydes / isolation & purification
  • Benzaldehydes / pharmacology
  • Fabaceae / chemistry*
  • Kanamycin / pharmacology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes / pharmacology
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification*
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Sitosterols / chemistry
  • Sitosterols / isolation & purification
  • Sitosterols / pharmacology
  • Stigmasterol / chemistry
  • Stigmasterol / isolation & purification
  • Stigmasterol / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Benzaldehydes
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes
  • Plant Extracts
  • Sitosterols
  • Kanamycin
  • gamma-sitosterol
  • Stigmasterol
  • 4-anisaldehyde
  • lupeol