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In this study, the known ent-3-\u03b1-hydroxy-kaur-16-en-18-ol (1), as well as three new diterpenes, namely, ent-7-oxo-pimara-8,15-diene-18-ol (2), ent-2S,4S-2-19-epoxy-pimara-8(3),15-diene-7\u03b2-ol (3) and ent-7-oxo-pimara-8,15-diene-3\u03b2-ol (4), were isolated from the dichloromethane extract of A. discolor leaves and identified by means of MS and NMR. The compounds were assayed in vitro against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, T. cruzi and Leishmania donovani, Plasmodium falciparum and also tested for cytotoxicity against mammalian cells (L6 cell line). The ent-kaurane 1 showed significant in vitro activity against both P. falciparum (IC     50     = 3.5    \u03bc   M) and L. donovani (IC     50     = 2.5    \u03bc   M) and ent-pimarane 2 against P. falciparum (IC     50     = 3.8    \u03bc   M). Both compounds returned high selectivity indices (SI &gt;10) in comparison with L6 cells, which makes them interesting candidates for in vivo tests. In addition to the diterpenes, the sesquiterpene lactone budlein A (5), which has been reported to possess a strong anti-T. b. rhodesiense activity, was identified as major compound in the A. discolor extract and explains its high activity against this parasite (100% growth inhibition at 2    \u03bc   g\/mL).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules21091237","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,15]],"date-time":"2016-09-15T10:22:51Z","timestamp":1473934971000},"page":"1237","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["ent-Pimarane and ent-Kaurane Diterpenes from Aldama discolor (Asteraceae) and Their Antiprotozoal Activity"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Mauro","family":"Nogueira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry (IPBP), University of M\u00fcnster, PharmaCampus Corrensstra\u00dfe 48, M\u00fcnster D-48149, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2345-5804","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fernando","family":"Da Costa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AsterBioChem Research Team, Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeir\u00e3o Preto, USP, Av. do Caf\u00e9 s\/n, Ribeir\u00e3o Preto-SP 14040-903, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Reto","family":"Brun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Socinstr. 57, Basel CH-4051, Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, Basel CH-4003, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marcel","family":"Kaiser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Socinstr. 57, Basel CH-4051, Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, Basel CH-4003, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2634-9705","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas","family":"Schmidt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology and Phytochemistry (IPBP), University of M\u00fcnster, PharmaCampus Corrensstra\u00dfe 48, M\u00fcnster D-48149, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1095-8339.2002.00079.x","article-title":"A revised classificationcation of subtribe Helianthinae (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). 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