Two new dibenz[b,f]oxepins, empetroxepins A and B (1 and 2), and seven known compounds (3-9) were isolated from an extract of the Canadian medicinal plant Empetrum nigrum that significantly inhibited the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra. The structures of 1 and 2 were established through analysis of NMR and MS data. The antimycobacterial activity of the plant extract was attributed primarily to the presence of two chalcone derivatives (6 and 7) that exhibited selective antimycobacterial activity (IC50 values of 23.8 and 32.8 μM, respectively) in comparison to mammalian (HEK 293) cells (IC50 values of 109 and 249 μM, respectively).
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