Cytotoxic 3,4-seco-Atisane Diterpenoids from Croton barorum and Croton goudotii

J Nat Prod. 2010 Oct 22;73(10):1730-3. doi: 10.1021/np1005086. Epub 2010 Sep 17.

Abstract

In a screening program directed to the discovery of new anticancer agents from Madagascan plants, ethyl acetate extracts of Croton barorum and C. goudotii showed strong cytotoxic activity, with 100% inhibition at 10 μg/mL in a primary screen using the murine lymphocytic leukemia P388 cell line. Bioassay-guided fractionation led to the isolation of two new 3,4-seco-atisane diterpenoids, crotobarin (1) and crotogoudin (2). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data interpretation. Compounds 1 and 2 produced a net progression in the number of cells arrested at the G2/M growth stage in the cell cycle of the K562 human leukemia cell line at 4 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Cell Cycle / drug effects
  • Croton / chemistry*
  • Croton / genetics
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • K562 Cells
  • Madagascar
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Diterpenes
  • crotobarin
  • crotogoudin