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Isolation, Structural Elucidation and Antiplasmodial Activity of Fucosterol Compound From Brown Seaweed, Sargassum Linearifolium Against Malarial Parasite Plasmodium Falciparum

Isolation, Structural Elucidation and Antiplasmodial Activity of Fucosterol Compound From Brown Seaweed, Sargassum Linearifolium Against Malarial Parasite Plasmodium Falciparum

Pachiappan Perumal, Rajamani Sowmiya, Sundaram Prasanna Kumar, Sundaram Ravikumar, Paramasivam Deepak, Govindasamy Balasubramani

Nat Prod Res. 2018 Jun;32(11):1316-1319.

PMID: 28637390

Abstract:

The brown seaweed, Sargassum linearifolium (Turner) C. Agardh, 1820 is commonly available along the south-east coast of India. Its compound fucosterol was isolated and confirmed through spectral characterisation and chemical transformation methods. The antiplasmodial effect of the isolated fucosterol was investigated against the 3D7 chloroquine sensitive Plasmodium falciparum strain, parasitaemia percentage was determined at 48 h and morphological change was studied through microscopic examination after Giemsa staining. A perceptible antiplasmodial effect was produced by fucosterol compound against the P. falciparum and positive control, chloroquine with the IC50 values (μg/mL) of 7.48 and 12.81, respectively. Fucosterol showed higher antiplasmodial activity as compared to chloroquine. It is inferred that both the fucosterol and chloroquine could have inhibited the schizont stage of the parasite during the intra-erythrocyte asexual development. The findings underline the usefulness of the seaweed-based fucosterol and further studies are warranted.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP17605673	Fucosterol		17605-67-3	Price

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