Anticancer and antioxidant tannins from Pimenta dioica leaves

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2007 Jul-Aug;62(7-8):526-36. doi: 10.1515/znc-2007-7-811.

Abstract

Two galloylglucosides, 6-hydroxy-eugenol 4-O-(6'-O-galloyl)-beta-D-4C1-glucopyranoside (4) and 3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-propane-1,2-diol-2-O-(2',6'-di-O-galloyl)-beta-D -4C1-glucopyranoside (7), and two C-glycosidic tannins, vascalaginone (10) and grandininol (14), together with fourteen known metabolites, gallic acid (1), methyl gallate (2), nilocitin (3), 1-O-galloyl-4,6-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-(alpha/beta)-D-glucopyranose (5), 4,6-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-(alpha/beta)-D-glucopyranose (6), 3,4,6-valoneoyl-(alpha/beta)-D-glucopyranose (8), pedunculagin (9), casuariin (11), castalagin (12), vascalagin (13), casuarinin (15), grandinin (16), methyl-flavogallonate (17) and ellagic acid (18), were identified from the leaves of Pimenta dioica (Merr.) L. (Myrtaceae) on the basis of their chemical and physicochemical analysis (UV, HRESI-MS, 1D and 2D NMR). It was found that 9 is the most cytotoxic compound against solid tumour cancer cells, the most potent scavenger against the artificial radical DPPH and physiological radicals including ROO*, OH*, and O2-*, and strongly inhibited the NO generation and induced the proliferation of T-lymphocytes and macrophages. On the other hand, 3 was the strongest NO inhibitor and 16 the highest stimulator for the proliferation of T-lymphocytes, while 10 was the most active inducer of macrophage proliferation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antioxidants / isolation & purification*
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyl Radical
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Pimenta*
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plant Leaves
  • Pyrazoles / chemistry
  • Pyrimidines / chemistry
  • Tannins / isolation & purification*
  • Tannins / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antioxidants
  • N(4)-benzyl-N(6),N(6)-dimethyl-1-1(tert-butyl)-1H-pyrazolo(3,4-d)pyrimidine-6,4-diamine
  • Plant Extracts
  • Pyrazoles
  • Pyrimidines
  • Tannins
  • Hydroxyl Radical