ANTI-AIDS AGENTS .11. BETULINIC ACID AND PLATANIC ACID AS ANTI-HIV PRINCIPLES FROM SYZIGIUM-CLAVIFLORUM, AND THE ANTI-HIV ACTIVITY OF STRUCTURALLY RELATED TRITERPENOIDS
T. Fujioka et al., ANTI-AIDS AGENTS .11. BETULINIC ACID AND PLATANIC ACID AS ANTI-HIV PRINCIPLES FROM SYZIGIUM-CLAVIFLORUM, AND THE ANTI-HIV ACTIVITY OF STRUCTURALLY RELATED TRITERPENOIDS, Journal of natural products, 57(2), 1994, pp. 243-247
Betulinic acid [1] and platanic acid [2], isolated from the leaves of
Syzigium claviflorum, were found to be inhibitors of HIV replication i
n H9 lymphocyte cells. Evaluation of anti-HIV activity with eight deri
vatives of 1 revealed that dihydrobetulinic acid [3] was also a potent
inhibitor of HIV replication. The C-3 hydroxy group and C-17 carboxyl
ic acid group, as well as the C-19 substituents, contribute to enhance
d anti-HIV activity. The inhibitory activity of these compounds agains
t protein kinase C (PKC) was also examined, since a correlation betwee
n anti-HIV and anti-PKC activities has been suggested. However, there
was no apparent correlation between anti-HIV activity and the inhibiti
on of PKC among these compounds.