Isolation and antibacterial activity of phenylpropanoid derivatives from Ballota nigra

J Ethnopharmacol. 1999 Nov 1;67(2):197-202. doi: 10.1016/s0378-8741(99)00019-7.

Abstract

In addition to the previously isolated phenylpropanoid glycosides verbascoside 1, forsythoside B 2, arenarioside 3 and ballotetroside 4, another four compounds were isolated from generative aerial parts of Ballota nigra: three phenylpropanoid glycosides, alyssonoside 5, lavandulifolioside 6 and angoroside A 7 and a non-glycosidic derivative (+)-(E)-caffeoyl-L-malic acid 8. The antibacterial activity of the five major compounds (1-4 and 8) was tested against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Three of them (1-3) exhibited a moderate antimicrobial activity against Proteus mirabilis and Staphylococcus aureus including one methicillin-resistant strain.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phenols / isolation & purification
  • Phenols / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Proteus mirabilis / drug effects*
  • Proteus mirabilis / isolation & purification
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Phenols
  • Plant Extracts