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Obtaining new benzofuran-derived alkaloids using precursor-directed biosynthesis in Uncaria tomentosa

Grant number: 18/17324-7
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
Start date until: October 01, 2018
End date until: September 30, 2020
Field of knowledge:Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Organic Chemistry
Principal Investigator:Adriana Aparecida Lopes
Grantee:Ariane Volpe Mafud
Host Institution: Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP). Campus Ribeirão Preto. Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:13/07349-9 - Oxindole alkaloids from Uncaria tomentosa: biosynthetic studies and alkaloids analogues obtained by precursor-directed biosynthesis, AP.JP

Abstract

Natural products are a promising source for new drugs, 50% of current drugs are inspired by the chemical structure of their compounds. Structural modifications of natural product aim at improving the biological activity of the compound, by that "Precursor Directed Biosynthesis" (BDP), which is the main study of this project. Natural product targeted for structural diversification is related to oxindole alkaloids class which may be pentacyclic (AOP) or tetracyclic (AOT), accumulated in the medicinal species Uncaria tomentosa. The BDP experiments will aim to obtain new analogues of AOP and AOT by supplementing the tryptamine analogue (modification in the shikimate pathway): 2-benzofuran-3-yl-ethylamine in the culture medium of U. tomentosa shoots. Nowadays the medicinal U. tomentosa shoots are already at the Plant Biotechnology Unit of the University of Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP). Obtaining new benzofuran-derived alkaloids using precursor-directed biosynthesis in Uncaria tomentosa will allow new therapeutic options, and these can be more efficient than the natural product.

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