%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Cachet, N. %A Ho-A-Kwie, F. %A Rivaud, M. %A Houël, E. %A Deharo, Eric %A Bourdy, Geneviève %A Jullian, Valérie %T Picrasin K, a new quassinoid from Quassia amara L. (Simaroubaceae) %D 2012 %L fdi:010054411 %G ENG %J Phytochemistry Letters %@ 1874-3900 %K Quassia amara ; Simaroubaceae ; Quassinoids ; Malaria ; P. falciparum %K GUYANE FRANCAISE %M ISI:000300395900035 %N 1 %P 162-164 %R 10.1016/j.phytol.2011.12.001 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010054411 %> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2012/03/010054411.pdf %V 5 %W Horizon (IRD) %X A new quassinoid Picrasin K 1 was isolated from a decoction made of Quassia amara leaves, traditionally used in French Guiana to treat malaria. The structure and relative stereochemistry of 1 was determined through extensive NMR analysis. Picrasin K showed a low activity against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro (IC50 = 8 mu M), and a similar low activity on human cancerous cells line (IC50 = 7 mu M on MCF-7 cells line). %$ 076 ; 052