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ArticleMarine drugs2015

New α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Triterpenic Acid from Marine Macro Green Alga Codium dwarkense Boergs.

Liaqat Ali, Abdul Latif Khan, Lubna Al-Kharusi, Javid Hussain, Ahmed Al-Harrasi

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Article in Marine drugs, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Liaqat AliUoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al-Mouz, Nizwa-616, Oman. malikhejric@gmail.com.
Abdul Latif KhanUoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al-Mouz, Nizwa-616, Oman. latifepm78@yahoo.co.uk.
Lubna Al-KharusiMarine Science and Fisheries Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Resources, Muscat-113, Oman. lubna.alkharusi@gmail.com.
Javid HussainUoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al-Mouz, Nizwa-616, Oman. javidhej@unizwa.edu.om.
Ahmed Al-HarrasiUoN Chair of Oman's Medicinal Plants and Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al-Mouz, Nizwa-616, Oman. aharrasi@unizwa.edu.om.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The marine ecosystem has been a key resource for secondary metabolites with promising biological roles. In the current study, bioassay-guided phytochemical investigations were carried out to assess the presence of enzyme inhibitory chemical constituents from the methanolic extract of marine green alga-Codium dwarkense. The bioactive fractions were further subjected to chromatographic separations, which resulted in the isolation of a new triterpenic acid; dwarkenoic acid (1) and the known sterols; androst-5-en-3β-ol (2), stigmasta-5,25-dien-3β,7α-diol (3), ergosta-5,25-dien-3β-ol (4), 7-hydroxystigmasta-4,25-dien-3-one-7-O-β-d-fucopyranoside (5), 7-hydroxystigmasta-4,25-dien-3-one (6), and stigmasta-5,25-dien-3β-ol (7). The structure elucidation of the new compound was carried out by combined mass spectrometry and 1D (1H and 13C) and 2D (HSQC, HMBC, COSY, and NOESY) NMR spectroscopic data. The sub-fractions and pure constituents were assayed for enzymatic inhibition of alpha-glucosidase. Compound 1 showed significant inhibition at all concentrations. Compounds 2, 3, 5, and 7 exhibited a dose-dependent response, whereas compounds 4-6 showed moderate inhibition. Utilizing such marine-derived biological resources could lead to drug discoveries related to anti-diabetics.

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ChlorophytaGlycoside Hydrolase InhibitorsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMass SpectrometrySteroidsdwarkenoic acidGlycoside Hydrolase InhibitorsSteroidscharacterizationCodium dwarkenseenzyme inhibitionisolation

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PMID26184240
PMCPMC4515621

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