Activity of compounds isolated from Baccharis dracunculifolia D.C. (Asteraceae) against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

References

• Prado M, Silva MB, Laurenti R, Travassos LR, Taborda CP. Mortality due to systemic mycoses as a primary cause of death or in association with AIDS in Brazil: a review from 1996 to 2006. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2006; 104: 513–521.
   Google Scholar
• Matute DR, McEwen JG, Puccia R, . Cryptic speciation and recombination in the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis as revealed by gene genealogies. Mol Biol Evol 2006; 23: 65–73.
   Google Scholar
• Teixeira MM, Theodoro RC, Carvalho MJ, . Phylogenetic analysis reveals a high level of speciation in the Paracoccidioides genus. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 52: 273–283.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Brummer E, Castaneda E, Restrepo A. Paracoccidioidomycosis: an update. Clin Microbiol Rev 1993; 6: 89–117.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fukuda M, Ohkoshi E, Makino M, Fujimoto Y. Studies on the constituents of the leaves of Baccharis dracunculifolia (Asteraceae) and their cytotoxic activity. Chem Pharm Bull 2006; 54: 1465–1468.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Verdi LG, Brighente IMC, Pizzolatti MG. G nero Baccharis (Asteraceae): Aspectos qu micos, econ micos e biol gicos [The Baccharis genus (Asteraceae): chemical, economic and biological aspects]. Quím Nova 2005; 28: 85–94.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johann S, Cisalpino PS, Watanabe GA, . Antifungal activity of the extracts of some plants used in Brazilian traditional medicine against the pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Pharm Biol 2010; 48: 388–396.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Callahan H, Portal A, Devereaux R, Grogl M. An axenic amastigote system for drug screening. Antimicrob Agents Chemot 1997; 41: 818–822.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miguel DC, Yokoyama-Yasunaka JKU, Uliana SRB. Tamoxifen is effective in the treatment of Leishmania amazonensis infections in mice. Plos Negl Trop Dis 2008; 2: e249.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Reference Method for Broth Dilution Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Yeasts, document is M27-A2. Wayne, PA: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute 2002.
   Google Scholar
• Espinel-Ingroff A, Boyle K, Sheehan DJ. In vitro antifungal activities of voriconazole and reference agents as determined by NCCLS methods: review of the literature. Mycopathologia 2001; 150: 101–115.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Escalante A, Gattuso M, Pérez P, Zacchino S. Evidence for the mechanism of action of the antifungal phytolaccoside B isolated from Phytolacca tetramera Hauman. J Nat Prod 2008; 71: 1720–1725.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Monks D, Scudiero P, Skehan R, . Feasibility of a high-flux anticancer drug screen using a diverse panel of cultured human tumor cell lines. J Natl Cancer Inst 1991; 83: 757–766.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Teixeira MCA, Santos RD, Sampaio RB, Pontes-de-Carvalho L, dos-Santos WLC. A simple and reproducible method to obtain large numbers of axenic amastigotes of different Leishmania species. Parasitol Res 2002; 88: 963–968.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Seebacher W, Simic N, Weis R, Saf R, Kunert O. Complete assignments of 1H and 13C NMR resonances of oleanolic acid, 18a-oleanolic acid, ursolic acid and their 11-oxo derivatives. Magn Reson Chem 2003; 41: 636–638.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Huh S, Kim YS, Jung E, . Melanogenesis inhibitory effect of fatty acid alkyl esters isolated from Oxalis triangularis. Biol Pharm Bull 2010; 33: 1242–1245.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ragasa C Y, Ganzon J, Hofilenã J, Tamboong B, Rideout JA. A new furanoid diterpene from Caesalpinia pulcherrima. ChemPharm Bull 2003; 51: 1208–1210.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Blanc MC, Bradesi P, Casanova J. Spectral assignments and reference data enantiomeric differentiation of acyclic terpenes by 13C NMR spectroscopy using a chiral lanthanide shift reagent. Magn Rreson Chem 2005; 43: 176–179.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Duarte MCT, Figueira GM, Sartoratto A, Rehder VLG, Delarmelina C. Anti-Candida activity of Brazilian medicinal plants. J Ethnopharmacol 2005; 97: 305–311.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Johann S, Pizzolatti MG, Donnici CL, Resende MA. Antifungal properties of plants used in Brazilian traditional medicine against clinically relevant fungal pathogens. Braz J Microbiol 2007; 38: 632–637.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Silva-Filho AA, Resende DO, Fukui MJ, . In vitro antileishmanial, antiplasmodial and cytotoxic activities of phenolic compounds and triterpenoids from Baccharis dracunculifolia D. C. (Asteraceae). Fitoterapia 2009; 80: 478–482.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hsu YL, Kuo PL, Lin CC. Proliferative inhibition, cell-cycle dysregulation, and induction of apoptosis by ursolic acid in human non-small cell lung cancer A549 cells. Life Sci 2004; 75: 2303–2316.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yan S, Huang C, Wu S, Yin M. Oleanolic acid and ursolic acid induce apoptosis in four human liver cancer cell lines. Toxicol In Vitro 2010; 24: 842–848.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fränz J, Cole BT. Effects of ultraviolet-irradiated methyl linolenate on cell division and respiration in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Arch Bioch Biophys 1962; 96: 382–385.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Loayza I, Abujder D, Aranda R, . Essencial oils of Baccharis salicifolia, B. latifolia and B. dracunculifolia. Phytochemistry 1995; 38: 381–389.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nibret E, Wink M. Trypanocidal and antileukaemic effects of the essential oils of Hagenia abyssinica, Leonotis ocymifolia, Moringa stenopetala, and their main individual constituents. Phytomedicine 2010; 17: 911–920.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arruda D, D'Alexandri F, Katzin A, Uliana S. Antileishmanial activity of the terpene Nerolidol. Antimicrob Agents Chemot 2005; 49: 1679–1687.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lopes NP, Kato MJ, Andrade EH, . Antimalarial use of volatile oil from leaves of Virola surinamensis (Rol.) Warb. by Waiapi Amazon Indians. J Ethnophar 1999; 67: 313–319.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• AbouLaila M, Sivakumar T, Yokoyama N, Igarashi I. Inhibitory effect of terpene nerolidol on the growth of Babesia parasites. Parasitol Internt 2010; 59: 278–282.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chavan MJ, Wakte PS, Shinde DB, Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity of caryophyllene oxide from Annona squamosa L. bark. Phytomedicine 2010; 17: 149–151.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Park KR, Nam D, Yun HM, . β-Caryophyllene oxide inhibits growth and induces apoptosis through the suppression of PI3K/AKT/mTOR/S6K1 pathways and ROS-mediated MAPKs activation. Cancer Lett 2011; 312: 178–188.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Matsumori N, Yuri S, Michio M. Large molecular assembly of amphotericin B formed in ergosterol-containing membrane evidenced by solid-state NMR of intramolecular bridged derivative. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128: 11977–11984.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Derengowski LS, Calliandra SS, Shélida VB, . Antimicrobial effect of farnesol, a Candida albicans quorum sensing molecule, on Paracoccidioides brasiliensis growth and morphogenesis. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2009; 8: 13–21.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Santos GD, Ferri PH, Santos SC, . Oenothein B inhibits the expression of PbFKS1 transcript and induces morphological changes in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Med Mycol 2007; 45: 609–618.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar