Ethnopharmacological Relevance: The plant Aconitum orochryseum Stapf. (Ranunculaceae) is employed together with other plants in Bhutanese traditional medicine and is indicated for malaria-associated fever.
Aim Of The Study: To study the in vitro antiplasmodial activity of atisinium chloride, the major alkaloid from Aconitum orochryseum.
Materials And Methods: Atisinium chloride was extracted and purified from aerial parts of Aconitum orochryseum and its structure and absolute configuration confirmed by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The crude methanol extract, crude alkaloid fraction, and atisinium chloride were tested for in vitro antiplasmodial activity against the malarial Plasmodium falciparum strains TM4/8.2 (TM4; wild type) and K1CB1 (K1; chloroquine and antifolate resistant).
Results: The diterpenoid alkaloid atisinium chloride was shown to have moderate antiplasmodial activities with IC(50) values of 4 microM and 3.6 microM, respectively against the TM4 strain and the K1 strain of Plasmodium falciparum.
Conclusions: Our studies provide the first evidence in support of one of the indicated treatments with Aconitum orochryseum in Bhutanese traditional medicine. This alkaloid also represents a potential new antimalarial structural lead.
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