derivatives (III a-f) are reported. The substitutions include various sulfonamide moieties -SO2-NH-R1. The new derivatives (III a-e) exhibited improved cytotoxicity (GI50, TGI and LC50) compared to andrographolide (I) and the corresponding 3,14,19-O-triacetyl andrographolide (II) when evaluated against 60 NCI cell line panel. Compounds III c and III e are found to be non-toxic to normal human dermal