Anticonvulsant and antimicrobial constituents from diospyros mafiensis and a novel phenylpropanoyl diterpene from isolanacauliflora

dc.contributor.authorKimbokota, Fikira
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T06:05:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T15:46:12Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T06:05:00Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T15:46:12Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionAvailable in print form, East Wilbert Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS EAF QK495.A6K55)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis reports on the isolation and structural determination of natural products from the plant species Heteromorpha trifoliara (Apiaceae),isilana cauliflora (Annonaceae) and Diospyros mafiensis (Ebenaceae). The epoxy-dinaphthoquinone diosquinone was isolated from D. mafiensis as a mixture of two conformationalisomers (rotamers) and also being mixed with its positional isomer, and the triterpene lupeol. While the crude D. mafiensis extracts exhibited significant cytotoxicity (BST), antibacterial, antifungal and anticonvulsant activities, diosquinone was active against several bacteria strains, the activity being greatly enhanced in a mixture of diosquinone and its positional isomer. H. trifoliate, a plant which is used as a herbaremedy for various ailments, yielded small amounts of O-methoxyscopoletin and tetracosyl hexacosanoate, which could not be assayed for bioactivities due to paucity of the material. I. cauliflora yielded small amounts of the known prenylated indoles caulidine A {3-(1,1-dimethyl-allyl)-5-(3-methyl-but-2-enyl)- 1lH-indole), caulindole C (3,4-trans)-3-[3'-(1"'. 1"'-dimethyl-2"'-propenyl)-5'-indolylJ]-1,4-dim ethyl-4{2- [3"-(1"",1""-dimethyl-2""-propenyl)-5"-indolyl ]-ethyl-2-eny1}-cyclohex-l –ene}, polycarpol, a mixture of sterols and a new phenylpropanoy1 diterpene isolotrione (6- hydroxy-6,10,14,18-tetramethy-3-phenyl-nonadec- 17-en-2,5,16-trinone), which were also not assayed for bioactivities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKimbokota, F(2005)Anticonvulsant and antimicrobial constituents from diospyros mafiensis and a novel phenylpropanoyl diterpene from isolanacauliflora,Master dissertation, University of Dar es salaam, Dar es Salaamen_US
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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectNatural productsen_US
dc.subjectdiospyros mafiencisen_US
dc.titleAnticonvulsant and antimicrobial constituents from diospyros mafiensis and a novel phenylpropanoyl diterpene from isolanacaulifloraen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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