Suaveolindole, a new mass-limited antibacterial indolosesquiterpene from Greenwayodendron suaveolens obtained via high-throughput natural products chemistry methods

J Nat Prod. 2005 Jan;68(1):122-4. doi: 10.1021/np040165b.

Abstract

Utilizing high-throughput isolation, purification, and analysis methods applied to a natural products library, a new mass-limited antibacterial indolosesquiterpene, suaveolindole (1), was obtained from Greenwayodendron suaveolens. The miniaturization of the structure elucidation of 1 was performed primarily using the CapNMR probe. Compound 1 was found to possess significant in vitro antibacterial activity against the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 43223), Staphylococcus aureus (ATTC 6538P), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ATTC 33591), with MIC values of 4, 8, and 8 microg/mL, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects
  • Fruit / chemistry
  • Gabon
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • suaveolindole