Cytotoxic Pheophorbide-Related Compounds from <i>Clerodendrum </i><i>c</i><i>alamitosum</i> and <i>C. cyrtophyllum</i>
                                
                                    
                                        作者:Huey-Hwa Cheng、Hui-Kang Wang、Junko Ito、Kenneth F. Bastow、Yoko Tachibana、Yuka Nakanishi、Zhihong Xu、Tsui-Yun Luo、Kuo-Hsiung Lee                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1021/np000595b
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:2001.7.1
                                    
                                    Three pheophorbide-related compounds (1-3) were isolated from the leaves and stems of Clerodendrum calamitosum. The methyl ester of 3 (6) and the known (10S)-hydroxypheophytin a 7) also were isolated from leaves of the related plant Clerodendrum cyrtophyllum. Compounds 1 and 6 were isolated for the first time as naturally occurring products from a plant source. All structures were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic analysis. Biological evaluation showed that 1 and 2 exhibited strong cytotoxicity against human lung carcinoma (A549), ileocecal carcinoma (HCT-8), kidney carcinoma (CAKI-1), breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), malignant melanoma (SK-MEL-2), ovarian carcinoma (IA9), and epidermoid carcinoma of the nasopharynx (KB), and its etoposide- (KB-7d), vincristine- (KB-VCR), and camptothecin-resistant (KB-CPT) subclones. Compound 3 was less cytotoxic than 1 and 2. Compounds 4-6, the methyl esters of 1-3, showed strongly increased cytotoxicity compared with the parent acids. Interestingly, 6 was the most active derivative among these compounds. Compound 7 was inactive.