Chia (Salvia polystachya Ort., Lamiaceae) is frequently used in Mexican traditional medicine to treat dysentery. In this study the main neo-clerodane diterpenes (polystachynes A, B and D, as well as linearolactone) were isolated from the aerial parts of chia, and their antiprotozoal activities toward Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia trophozoites were evaluated in vitro. Linearolactone was the most potent antiamoebic and antigiardial compound with IC(50) values of 22.9 mu M for E. histolytica and 28.2 mu M for G. lamblia. Polystachynes A, B and D, showed moderate antiprotozoal activity against both protozoans with IC(50) values ranging from 1.17.0 to 160.6 mu M for E. histolytica and from 107.5 to 134.7 mu M for G. lamblia. These data suggest that linearolactone may play an important role in the antidiarrhoeal activity of S. polystachya. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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