Abiy Yenesew

Prof. Abiy Yenesew


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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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21 September 2013 in Phytochemistry Letters
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PMPeggoty Mutai
Peggoty Mutai
MHMatthias Heydenreich
Matthias Heydenreich
GTGrace Thoithi
Grace Thoithi
GMGrace Mugumbate
Grace Mugumbate
KCKelly Chibale
Kelly Chibale
AYAbiy Yenesew
Abiy Yenesew

4 December 2018 in Molecules
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YSYaouba Souaibou
Yaouba Souaibou
AVArto Valkonen
Arto Valkonen
paolo coghipaolo coghi
paolo coghi
JGJiaying Gao
Jiaying Gao
EGEric M. Guantai
Eric M. Guantai
AYAbiy Yenesew
Abiy Yenesew
A phytochemical investigation of the roots of Aspilia pluriseta led to the isolation of ent-kaurane-type diterpenoids and additional phytochemicals (1–23). The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated based on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic and mass spectrometric analyses. The absolute configurations of seven of the ent-kaurane-type diterpenoids (3–6, 6b, 7 and 8) were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. Eleven of the compounds were also isolated from the roots and the aerial parts of Aspilia mossambicensis. The literature NMR assignments for compounds 1 and 5 were revised. In a cytotoxicity assay, 12α-methoxy-ent-kaur-9(11),16-dien-19-oic acid (1) (IC50 = 27.3 ± 1.9 µM) and 9β-hydroxy-15α-angeloyloxy-ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid (3) (IC50 = 24.7 ± 2.8 µM) were the most cytotoxic against the hepatocellular carcinoma (Hep-G2) cell line, while 15α-angeloyloxy-16β,17-epoxy-ent-kauran-19-oic acid (5) (IC50 = 30.7 ± 1.7 µM) was the most cytotoxic against adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial (A549) cells.