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- Title
α-d-Glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-[6-O-(l-tryptophanyl)-β-d-fructofuranoside].
- Authors
Kyeremeh, Kwaku; Kwain, Samuel; Tetevi, Gilbert Mawuli; Camas, Anil Sazak; Camas, Mustafa; Dofuor, Aboagye Kwarteng; Deng, Hai; Jaspars, Marcel
- Abstract
The Mycobacterium sp. BRS2A-AR2 is an endophyte of the mangrove plant Rhizophora racemosa G. Mey., which grows along the banks of the River Butre, in the Western Region of Ghana. Chemical profiling using 1H-NMR and HRESI-LC-MS of fermentation extracts produced by the strain led to the isolation of the new compound, α-d-Glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-[6-O-(l-tryptophanyl)-β-d–fructofuranoside] or simply tortomycoglycoside (1). Compound 1 is an aminoglycoside consisting of a tryptophan moiety esterified to a disaccharide made up of β-d-fructofuranose and α-d-glucopyranose sugars. The full structure of 1 was determined using UV, IR, 1D, 2D-NMR and HRESI-LC-MS data. When tested against Trypanosoma brucei subsp. brucei, the parasite responsible for Human African Trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa, 1 (IC50 11.25 µM) was just as effective as Coptis japonica (Thunb.) Makino. (IC50 8.20 µM). The extract of Coptis japonica (Thunb.) Makino. is routinely used as laboratory standard due to its powerful antitrypanosomal activity. It is possible that, compound 1 interferes with the normal uptake and metabolism of tryptophan in the T. brucei subsp. brucei parasite.
- Subjects
SUB-Saharan Africa; GHANA; AFRICAN trypanosomiasis; RIPARIAN areas; MANGROVE plants; TRYPANOSOMA brucei; DISACCHARIDES
- Publication
Molbank, 2019, Vol 2019, Issue 2, pM1066
- ISSN
1422-8599
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/M1066