The bioassay guided fra
ctionation of the a
cetone extra
ct of the fresh leaves of
Murraya koenigiiresulted in the isolation of three bioa
ctive
carbazole alkaloids, mahanimbine (
1),
murrayanol (
2),and mahanine (
3), as
confirmed from their
1H and
13C NMR spe
ctral data. Compound
2 showed anIC
50 of 109
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g/mL against hPGHS-1 and an IC
50 of 218
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g/mL against hPGHS-2 in antiinflammatoryassays, while
compound
1 displayed antioxidant a
ctivity at 33.1
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g/mL. All three
compounds weremosquito
cidal and antimi
crobial and exhibited topoisomerase I and II inhibition a
ctivities.Keywords: Murraya koenigii;
carbazole alkaloid; mahanimbine;
murrayanol; mahanine; mosquito
cidal; antimi
crobial; antiinflammatory; antioxidant