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Isolation and Identification of the Phytochemicals from the Leaf Extract of Tabernaemontana Longipes

Graduate #30
Discipline: Biological Sciences
Subcategory: Plant Research

Simira Carothers - Jackson State University
Co-Author(s): Marcus Williams, Huaisheng Zhang, Danielle McShan, and Ifedayo Victor Ogungbe



Natural products have long since been utilized for their preventative and medicinal properties. The phytochemicals found in plants may be effective in the treatment of many diseases. The current research is to isolate and characterize the phytochemicals in Tabernaemontana Longipes, a neo-tropical plant, and to investigate the anti-trypanosomal properties of the plant. The resulting compounds are being analyzed and their structural features are being investigated using NMR and MS. The compounds will be tested for anti-parasitic activity as well as cytotoxicity using liver hepatocarcinoma cells (Hep G2). It is hoped that the pure compounds will display anti-parasitic properties against Trypanoma brucei, the causative organism of human African trypanosomiasis as well as display low toxicity towards mammalian cells. If proven effective, further research will be conducted to develop the compounds or their analogues as treatment for trypanosomiasis.

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Funder Acknowledgement(s): This research is supported by The National Institutes of Health (SC2GM109782 to IVO); Jackson State University department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Program.

Faculty Advisor: Ifedayo V. Ogungbe, ifedayo.v.ogungbe@jsums.edu

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. DUE-1930047. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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