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Naphthoquinone derivatives and lignans from the Paraguayan crude drug "tayï pytá" (Tabebuia heptaphylla, Bignoniaceae)
Identifier
020891
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Z Naturforsch C. 2003 Jul-Aug;58(7-8):495-501.
Naphthoquinone derivatives and lignans from the Paraguayan crude drug "tayï pytá" (Tabebuia heptaphylla, Bignoniaceae).
Schmeda-Hirschmann G1, Papastergiou F.
- 1Laboratorio de Química de Productos Naturales, Instituto de Química de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Talca, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile. schmeda@utalca.cl
Abstract
The Paraguayan crude drug "tayï pytá" is used to treat cancer, wounds and inflammation. It consist of the bark and trunkwood of Tabebuia heptaphylla (Bignoniaceae).
A phytochemical study of the crude drug gave, in addition to previously described naphthoquinones and the known lignans cycloolivil and secoisolariciresinol, three new lapachenol (lapachonone)-, two naphthofuran-, a chromone and a naphthalene derivative. The structures were elucidated by means of high field NMR spectroscopy.
The biological activity of the main compound lapachol and the related alpha-lapachone as well as the lignans cycloolivil and secoisolariciresinol can explain, at least in part, the effect atributed to the crude drug in Paraguayan folk medicine.
PMID:
12939034