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Alkaloids from Vinca minor L. and their biological activity.
Vrabec, Rudolf ; Opletal, Lubomír (advisor) ; Kokoška, Ladislav (referee) ; Lapčík, Oldřich (referee)
Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany Candidate: Mgr. Rudolf Vrabec Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Lubomír Opletal, CSc. Title of doctoral thesis: Alkaloids from Vinca minor L. and their biological activity Key words: Vinca, indole alkaloids, Alzheimer's disease, AChE, BuChE, POP, GSK-3β, cytotoxicity, docking study Twenty-three monoterpene indole alkaloids of different structural types were isolated by chromatographic techniques from aerial parts of Vinca minor L. (Apocynaceae). The alkaloids were identified by a combination of analytical methods (NMR, MS, HRMS, optical rotation). Among obtained compounds, one structure was undescribed so far and was named vincaminorudeine. Eleven alkaloids were isolated for the first time from this species. Obtained compounds that were isolated in sufficient amounts were subjected to in vitro tests for the inhibition of hAChE, hBuChE, POP, and GSK-3β - enzymes that play a key role in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. The most active alkaloid was (−)-2-ethyl-3[2-(3-ethylpiperidinyl)-ethyl]-1H- indole (VR-19) with IC50 = 0,65 µM for the inhibition of hBuChE, and with IC50 = 58 µM for the inhibition of POP. Other alkaloids which exhibited a significant inhibition against hBuChE (IC50 30...
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