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Anti-staphylococcal activity of ent-kaurane-type diterpenoids from Croton tonkinensis

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Ent-kaurane-type diterpenpoids 1–11, isolated from the dried leaves of the endemic Vietnamese medicinal plant Croton tonkinensis Gagnep. (Euphorbiaceae), were evaluated for inhibitory activity against Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains. The most active diterpenoids, 2, 3, and 8, exhibited minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 32, 500, and 125 μg/ml, respectively, against MRSA strains.

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This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). P.M.G. is grateful to acknowledge the International Foundation for Science (Stockholm, Sweden) for the financial support. We thank Professor Sugiyama M (Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University) for the generous gift of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus B-26 strain.

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  1. Faculty of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Vietnam National University, 19 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Phan Minh Giang & Phan Tong Son

  2. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan

    Phan Minh Giang, Katsuyoshi Matsunami & Hideaki Otsuka

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Giang, P.M., Son, P.T., Matsunami, K. et al. Anti-staphylococcal activity of ent-kaurane-type diterpenoids from Croton tonkinensis. J Nat Med 60, 93–95 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-005-0011-5

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