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    Ultrasound-assisted extraction of Ursolic Acid from the Flowers of Ixora coccinia Linn (Rubiaceae) and Antiproliferative Activity of Ursolic Acid and Synthesized Derivatives

    Silvana Amadeu Ferreira Alves Monteath1, Maria Aparecida M. Maciel2, Raquel Garcia Vega3, Heloisa de Mello4, Carollina de Araújo Martins5, Andressa Esteves-Souza5, Cerli Rocha Gattass5, Aurea Echevarria5★★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Departamento de Química, ICE, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica-RJ, Brazil.
    2. 2Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, CEP, Natal-Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
    3. 3Laboratório de Ciências Químicas-Setor de Química de Produtos Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goitacázes-RJ, Brazil.
    4. 4Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Campus Prof. Alberto Carvalho, Itabaiana-SE, Brazil.
    5. 5Instituto de Biofísica, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.

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    Aurea Echevarria

    Instituto de Biofísica, CCS, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.

    echevarr@ufrrj.br

    Received: 17-06-2016; Revised: 22-07-2016; Accepted: 18-04-2017.

    Volume 13, Issue 50 · pp. 265–9 · PUBLISHED 18 April 2017 · DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.204557

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    Background: Ixora coccinea Linn (Rubiaceae) is an evergreen shrub with bright scarlet colored flowers found in several tropical and subtropical countries. It is used as an ornamental and medicinal plant. Phytochemical studies revealed that its major special metabolites are triterpene acids, such as ursolic and oleanolic acid. Objective: To evaluate the isolation of ursolic acid (UA) (1) from methanol extracts of I. coccinea flowers through two methodologies, to prepare four derivatives, and to evaluate the cytotoxic effect against six cancer cell lines. Materials and Methods: The UA was isolated from vegetal material by percolation at room temperature and by ultrasound-assisted extraction. The preparation of derivatives was performed according to literature methods, and the cytotoxic effects were evaluated using the MTT (3,4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay. Results: The most efficient extraction was achieved through ultrasound irradiation with a yield of 35% after KOH-impregnated silica in chromatography column. Furthermore, four derivatives (3, 5, 6, 7) of UA were prepared and evaluated, including 1, against two lung cancer (A549 and H460) and four leukemia (K562, Lucena, HL60, and Jurkat) cell lines. Generally, results showed that 1 and 7 were the most active compounds against the assayed cell lines. Also, the cytotoxic effects observed on terpenes 1 and 7 were higher when compared with cisplatin, used as positive control, with the exception of Jurkat cell line. Conclusion: The efficiency of such an alternative extraction method led to the principal and abundant active component, 1, of I. coccinea, thus representing a considerable contribution for promising triterpenoid in cancer chemotherapy.

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      Monteath, S. A. F. A., Maciel, M. A. M., Vega, R. G., Mello, H. D., Martins, C. D. A., Esteves-Souza, A., Gattass, C. R., & Echevarria, A. (2017). Ultrasound-assisted extraction of Ursolic Acid from the Flowers of Ixora coccinia Linn (Rubiaceae) and Antiproliferative Activity of Ursolic Acid and Synthesized Derivatives. Pharmacognosy Magazine, 13(50), 265–9. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1296.204557