Planta Med 2002; 68(1): 66-67
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-19866
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Methyl Psilalate: A New Antimicrobial Metabolite from Psila boliviensis

Silvia Erazo1 , Rosa Negrete1 , Mercedes Zaldívar2 , Nadine Backhouse1 , Carla Delporte1 , Irina Silva1 , Eliana Belmonte3 , José Luis López-Pérez4 , Arturo San Feliciano4
  • 1Department of Pharmacological and Toxicological Chemistry, School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
  • 2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
  • 3Department of Archeology and Museumology, Faculty of Social, Administrative and Economical Science, University of Tarapacá, Arica, Chile
  • 4Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Publication History

January 26, 2001

March 24, 2001

Publication Date:
31 January 2002 (online)

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Abstract

Psila boliviensis (Wedd.) Cabr. yielded a new phenylpropanoid, named methyl psilalate. The structure was established by means of standard spectroscopic techniques. The microbiological evaluation of the compound revealed antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

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Dr. Silvia Erazo

Department of Pharmacological and Toxicological Chemistry

School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

University of Chile

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Santiago-1

Chile

Email: serazo@uchile.cl

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