Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activities of Amides and Aristolactams from Piper wallichii (Miq.) Hand.-Mazz. Stems
Abstract
Abstract Four amides, namely, piperine (1), pellitorine (2), piperiline (5) and N-trans-p-coumaroyltyramine (7), and three aristolactams, i.e., piperolactams D (3), B (4) and A (6), were isolated from the methanol extract of Piper wallichii stems. Piperiline, piperolactams B and D were obtained from this plant for the first time. Compounds 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 were evaluated for their antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities. Piperine (1) displayed the highest antioxidant activity in...