Biological investigation and structure–activity relationship studies on azadirone from Azadirachta indica A. Juss
摘要:
Azadirone 1, a limonoidal constituent of Azadirachta indica is found to possess potent cytotoxic activity against a panel of human cancer cell lines in our in vitro studies. In vitro screening of a number of semi-synthetic analogues of 1 revealed that the a,p-unsaturated enone moiety or its equivalent conjugated system in A-ring, C-7 acetyloxy/chloroacetyloxy or keto group in B-ring and the furan moiety are responsible for the activity of 1 and its analogues. Compound I and two of the semi-synthetic analogues 10 and 13 were found to possess good in vivo antitumor activity in modified hollow fiber animal models. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Abstract The limonoids of the seeds of Trichiliahavanensis were studied in two ripening stages. From the unripened seeds azadirone, havanensin triacetate and three new limonoids were isolated. The mature seeds contained havanesin triacetate and its hydroxy lactone derivative. The structures of the new limonoids were deduced by spectroscopic and chemical means.
Azadirone 1, a limonoidal constituent of Azadirachta indica is found to possess potent cytotoxic activity against a panel of human cancer cell lines in our in vitro studies. In vitro screening of a number of semi-synthetic analogues of 1 revealed that the a,p-unsaturated enone moiety or its equivalent conjugated system in A-ring, C-7 acetyloxy/chloroacetyloxy or keto group in B-ring and the furan moiety are responsible for the activity of 1 and its analogues. Compound I and two of the semi-synthetic analogues 10 and 13 were found to possess good in vivo antitumor activity in modified hollow fiber animal models. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Complete assignments of the<sup>1</sup>H and<sup>13</sup>C NMR spectra of 15 limonoids