Planta Med 2003; 69(11): 1060-1062
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45158
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

2-(4′-Aminobenzenamine)-pyrimidine, A New α-Antagonist from Autonoë madeirensis

Catarina Dias1 , Alexandra Paulo1 , José Nascimento1 , Peter Houghton2 , Jane E. Hawkes3 , M. Lurdes Gonçalves4
  • 1CECF, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2Pharmacognosy Research Laboratories, Department of Pharmacy, King’s College London, London, U.K.
  • 3Department of Chemistry, King's College, University of London, Strand, London, UK.
  • 4Unit of Pharmacology and Pharmacotoxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
This research was carried out with financial support from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (POCTI/FEDER)
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Publikationsverlauf

Received: June 2, 2003

Accepted: August 10, 2003

Publikationsdatum:
09. Januar 2004 (online)

Abstract

A new natural pyrimidine derivative, 2-(4′-aminobenzenamine)-pyrimidine (1), was isolated from the bulbs of Autonoë madeirensis, a Hyacinthaceae of the Madeira Archipelago (Portugal) and the structure determined on the basis of spectroscopic data. As some pyrimidine compounds are important α1-adrenergic antagonists, we investigated the effect of 1 on rat vas deferens contractility induced by the α1-agonist phenylephrine. In concentrations virtually devoid of effect on the rat vas deferens contractility, 1 shifted to the right the concentration-response curves of phenylephrine without changing the maximal effect. These results provide evidence that 1 acts as an α1-adrenoceptor antagonist and suggest a competitive mechanism of action.

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