This study evaluated the effect of derriobtusone A, a flavonoid isolated from Lonchocarpus obtusus, on two important pathogenic bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, as well as its antioxidant activity and toxicity. Planktonic growth assays were performed, and the inhibition of
A number of synthetic analogs of the prenylated and chromene chalcones isolated from lonchocarpus neuroscapha (Leguminosae) were obtained by condensation of prenylated acetophenones with substituted benzaldehydes. The antibacterial activity of these products was studied and correlated with their
The acetone bark extracts of three species of Lonchocarpus from Monteverde, Costa Rica, L. atropurpureus, L. oliganthus, and L. monteviridis, were screened for antibacterial, cytotoxic, and antioxidant activities. L. orotinus extract was antibacterial against Bacillus cereus (MIC = 39 microg/mL),
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