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| Author(s): |
Paulo José Coelho Benevides
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2001-10-26 |
| Examining board members: |
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani;
Marcia Regina Braga;
Liliana Marzorati;
Daisy de Brito Rezende;
Luce Maria Brandao Torres;
Walter Vichnewski;
Massayoshi Yoshida
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| Advisor: | Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani |
| Abstract | |
In this work the phytochemical guided-fractionation, using two bioassays was performed aiming the fractionation and the isolation of potential antifungal and antitumoral compounds. The bioassays used are specific and were performed with three mutants strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and with two species of fungi: Cladosporium cladosporioides and Cladosporium sphaerospermum. The bioassays guided-fractionation were clone using two plant species: Petiveria alliacea L. and Bathysa meridionalis L. from Atlantic forest: and Psychotria spectabillis S. from Amazon forest: This study resulted in the isolation of 22 substances. From P. alliacea were isolated 2 sulfydes, 2 disulfydes, 3 polissulfydes and 1 steroid. From P. spectabillis supplied 3 cumarins, 2 diterpens and 2 flavonoids. From B. meridionallis were isolated 7 triterpens. Besides the chemical guided-fractionation study, the essential oils obtained of these species were also analyzed by gaseous chromatography and 30 compounds were identified as polisulfydes, mono, sesqui and diterpens. The substances 1, 3, 4, 5, 13 and 22, showed strong antifungal activity. The substances 1, 4, 6, 9, 13, 22 and the mixture 20-21 showed DNA-damaging activity, which was evidenced by selective inhibition of the growth of the mutants of S. cerevisiae. The sulfyde 3, the disulfyde 4 and the polisulfydes 6 and 8 have been described as natural derivatives for the time in this work. (AU) | |