RESUMO
Investigation of a Chinese folk medicine, Artemisia dubia (syn. Artemisia subdigitata), has resulted in the isolation of eight new guaianolides (artemdubolides A-H, 1-8), and nineteen known sesquiterpene lactones. Their structures were elucidated primarily on the basis of spectroscopic methods, including extensive 2D NMR experiments. The cytotoxic activities of compounds 1-8 were evaluated against A549 (human lung adenocarcinoma), Colo205 (human colon carcinoma), HepG2 (human hepatoma), and MDA-MB-435 (human melanoma) cell lines. Compounds 2 and 5 showed weak cell growth inhibition of Colo205 and MDA-MB-435 cells.
Assuntos
Artemisia/química , Citotoxinas/farmacologia , Medicamentos de Ervas Chinesas/química , Sesquiterpenos/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Citotoxinas/química , Citotoxinas/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Sesquiterpenos/química , Sesquiterpenos/isolamento & purificação , Sesquiterpenos de Guaiano/química , Sesquiterpenos de Guaiano/isolamento & purificação , Sesquiterpenos de Guaiano/farmacologiaRESUMO
Two new acorane sesquiterpenes, 10-hydroxyacoronene (1) and 1beta-isopropyl-4beta-methyl-9beta-hydroxy spiro[4.5]dec-6-en-8-one (2), one new natural product, 4-hydroxy-4, 6-dimethyl-1-tetralone (3), and one known acorane sesquiterpene, acoradiepoxide (4) were isolated from the twigs and leaves of Illicium henryi. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated primarily on the basis of analysis of spectroscopic data. In addition, the inhibitory effect on NO production of these compounds were tested. Compounds 1 and 4 exhibited slight inhibitory effects on NO production with IC50 values of 82.4 microg/mL and 76.5 microg/mL, respectively.
