作者:Aiko Ito、Hee-Byung Chai、Young Geun Shin、Ricardo Garcı́a、Miliciades Mejı́a、Qi Gao、Craig R Fairchild、Kate E Lane、Ana T Menendez、Norman R Farnsworth、Geoffrey A Cordell、John M Pezzuto、A Douglas Kinghorn
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(00)00584-6
日期:2000.8
Bioassay-guided phytochemical investigation of the roots of Exostema acuminatum (Rubiaceae) using human oral epidermoid carcinoma (KB) cells as a monitor, led to the isolation of two norditerpenoids, namely, (16R)-ent-16,17-dihydroxy-19-nor-kaur-4-en-3-one (1) and (16S)-ent-16,17-dihydroxy-19-nor-kaur-4-en-3-one (2), and six previously known 4-phenylcoumarins (3-8). The structure and relative stereochemistry of the novel compound 1 were determined by X-ray crystallography. All isolates were tested against a panel of human tumor cell lines, and the 4-phenylcoumarins showed significant cytotoxicity, with 3'-hydroxy-5,7,4'-trimethoxy-4-phenylcoumarin (5) and 8-hydroxy-5,7,4'-trimethoxy-4-phenylcoumarin (6) exhibiting the most potent activity. Two of the 4-phenylcoumarins, 5,7,4'-trimethoxy-4-phenylcoumarin (3) and 6, were evaluated in an in vivo P388 murine leukemia model. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.