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Calea pinnatifida (R. Br.) Less., Asteraceae, is popularly known as “quebra-tudo”, “cipó-cruz” or “aruca”. This species is used in the folk medicine for the treatment of stomach pain, giardiasis and amoebiasis. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify chromenes from leaves of C. pinnatifida and evaluate their leishmanicidal activity. A fraction from leaves of C. pinnatifida was analyzed for their chemical con-stituents, resulting in the isolation and characterization of four known chromenes: 6-acetyl-7-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylchromene (1), 6-acetyl-7-methoxy-2,2-dimethylchromene (2), 6-(1-hydroxyethyl)-7-methoxy-2,2-dimethylchromene (3) and 6-(1-ethoxyethyl)-7-methoxy-2,2-dimethylchromene (4). Structure identification of isolated compounds involved analysis of spectral data of 1D and 2D-NMR. The isolated compounds are here reported for the first time in C. pinnatifida, and the chromenes 1 and 3 show a moderate leishmanicidal activity.
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The authors are grateful to physician César Simmionato for the help in the collection of the species, the Dr. John Pruski for identification of the plant, the CAPES and CNPq for financial support and the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
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TCL (PhD student) contributed in all steps of this study. DTMC and MS contributed to the biological studies. RJS contributed to isolation and purification of the compounds. AB and ADCS contributed to spectroscopic analysis. MS contributed to critical reading of the manuscript. MWB supervised the laboratory work and contributed to design of the study and critical reading of the manuscript. All the authors have read the final manuscript and approved the submission.
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Lima, T.C., Santos, A.D.C., Costa, D.T.M. et al. Chromenes from leaves of Calea pinnatifida and evaluation of their leishmanicidal activity. Rev. Bras. Farmacogn. 25, 7–10 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.01.004
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