Phytochemical study, analgesic and anti-inflammatory evaluation and biotransformation of a compound isolated from the leaves of Copaifera langsdorffii

Author(s)

Ricardo Andrade Furtado

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Ribeirão Preto.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC)
• Defense date: 2013-04-04

Examining board members

Jairo Kenupp Bastos; Thiago Mattar Cunha; Niege Araçari Jacometti Cardoso Furtado; Jose Mauricio Sforcin; Ademar Alves da Silva Filho

• Advisor: Jairo Kenupp Bastos

Abstract

Copaifera langsdorffii Desf., known as \"copaiba\", is found in the northern and northeastern of Brazil. This thesis reports the phytochemical study of C. langsdorffii leaves, through its hydroalcoholic extract (Cop) fractionation, isolation and purification of its major secondary metabolites, the biotransformation of kaurenoic acid epoxide, as well the evaluation of the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of the extract and isolated compounds. For the evaluation of the chromatographic profile, the extract was partitioned into hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, n-butanol and water fractions. With the use of gel filtration chromatography, counter current chromatography and preparative HPLC, quercetin-3-O-?-L-rhamnopyranoside (quercitrin), kaempferol-3-O-?-L-rhamnopyranoside (afzelin), 4\'- 4\'\'-dimethoxy-4 ,5-di-O-galloylquinic acid and 4-(4-methoxy galloyl\'\')-3,5-di-O-galloylquinic were isolated. The epoxidation of kaurenoic acid was performed with 3-chloroperbenzoic acid and it was submitted to biotransformation by the fungus Beauveria sulfurenscens in synthetic medium. Biotransformation of kaurenoic acid epoxide furnished the unknown compound 7?,17-dihydroxy-ent-kaur-15-en-19-oic acid and the compounds 7?,17-dihydroxy-16?-ent-kauran-19-oic acid, 7?,17-dihydroxy-16?-ent-kauran-19-oic acid, 9?, 16?,17-trihydroxy-ent-kauran-19-oic acid and 16?,17-dihydroxy-19-ent-kauran-oic acid. Cop and kaurenol reduced the inflammation induced by acetic acid in mice with a maximal inhibition of 40.3 and 53.6%, respectively. The second phase in the formalin test in mice showed maximal reduction of 54.5 and 64.6%, respectively. The inflammatory responses induced by both carrageenan and dextran in rats showed maximal reduction of 52.3 and 43.6 % for Cop, as well as 64.3% and 80.0% for kaurenol, respectively. Cop and kaurenol reduced the NO production stimulated by LPS in a dose-dependent manner, and increased the release of TNF-?, but did not regulate IL-6 and IL-10. Therefore, kaurenol is involved in the extract antiedematogenic activity of the extract, whereas quercitrin and afzelin were not active in the used protocols. Cop and kaurenol did not alter the formalin first phase, hot-plate latency, motor performance or cell migration. The obtained results show that C. langsdorffi extract and kaurenol possess antiedematogenic properties acting on peripheral sites, but these properties are not associated with cell migration, TNF-?, IL-6 or IL-10 regulation. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 09/16081-4 - Phytochemical study of Copaifera langsdorffii aerial parts and the evaluation of its analgesic, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities
• Grantee: Ricardo Andrade Furtado
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate