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Kaurenoic acid (ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid or kauren-19-oic acid) is a diterpene with antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. However its low solubility and blood lytic activity on erythrocytes might make it a poor pharmaceutical candidate.[1] Kaurenoic acid also has uterine relaxant activity via calcium blockade and opening ATP-sensitive potassium channels.

Kaurenoic acid is found in several plants such as Copaifera. It is a potential biomarker for the presence of sunflower in foods.[2]

Medical use

Kaurenoic acid has been studied for its medicinal properties and seems to have anti-inflammatory, antiulcerogenic, antitumor, antinociceptive, antimelanoma, antitilipoperoxidation, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.[3]

Kaurenoic acid decreases leukocyte migration. It seems to inhibit histamine and serotonin pathways, in addition to antiprotozoal activities against Trypanosoma cruzi[4][5] and Leishmania amazonensis.[6]

References

  1. ^ Vieira, Henriete S.; Takahashi, Jacqueline A.; Oliveira, Alaíde B. de; Chiari, Egler; Boaventura, Maria Amélia D. (2002). "Novel Derivatives of Kaurenoic Acid". Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. 13 (2): 151–157. doi:10.1590/S0103-50532002000200004. ISSN 0103-5053.
  2. ^ "Showing Compound Kaurenoic acid (FDB021671) - FooDB". Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ Rocha, Silvia Maria Machado da; Cardoso, Plínio Cerqueira dos Santos; Bahia, Marcelo de Oliveira; Pessoa, Claudia do Ó; Soares, Paulo Cardoso; Rocha, Simone Machado da; Burbano, Rommel Mário Rodríguez; Rocha, Carlos Alberto Machado da (1 June 2019). "Effect of the kaurenoic acid on genotoxicity and cell cycle progression in cervical cancer cells lines". Toxicology in Vitro. 57: 126–131. doi:10.1016/j.tiv.2019.02.022. ISSN 0887-2333. PMID 30822460. S2CID 73485393. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ^ Silva, Matheus L.; Costa‐Silva, Thais A.; Antar, Guilherme M.; Tempone, Andre G.; Lago, João Henrique G. (October 2021). "Front Cover: Chemical Constituents from Aerial Parts of Baccharis sphenophylla and Effects against Intracellular Forms of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chem. Biodiversity 10/2021)". Chemistry & Biodiversity. 18 (10). doi:10.1002/cbdv.202100695. ISSN 1612-1872. S2CID 244986153.
  5. ^ da Costa-Silva, Thais A.; Silva, Matheus L.; Antar, Guilherme M.; Tempone, Andre G.; Lago, João Henrique G. (1 December 2021). "Ent-kaurane diterpenes isolated from n-hexane extract of Baccharis sphenophylla by bioactivity-guided fractionation target the acidocalcisomes in Trypanosoma cruzi". Phytomedicine. 93: 153748. doi:10.1016/j.phymed.2021.153748. ISSN 0944-7113. PMID 34628240. S2CID 238581510.
  6. ^ al, D. Kian et (2018). "Trypanocidal activity of copaiba oil and kaurenoic acid does not depend on macrophage killing machinery |". Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 103: 1294–1301. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2018.04.164. PMID 29864911. S2CID 46930282. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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