Bullatacin, bullatacinone, and squamone, a new bioactive acetogenin, from the bark of Annona squamosa

J Nat Prod. 1990 Jan-Feb;53(1):81-6. doi: 10.1021/np50067a010.

Abstract

Activity-directed fractionation of the stem bark of Annona squamosa, monitoring with brine shrimp lethality, led to the isolation of the highly bioactive acetogenins bullatacin [1] and bullatacinone [2], thus demonstrating a new abundant plant source for these potent compounds. A new keto-monotetrahydrofuran acetogenin with a ketolactone terminus, as first seen in bullatacinone [2], was also isolated, characterized by spectral analyses, and named squamone [3]. The cytotoxicities of 3 were increased significantly by reduction of the two keto groups to hydroxyls, and the tetrahydrosquamone [7] and bullatacinone [2] both showed selective cytotoxicities to MCF-7 human breast carcinoma. Liriodenine and (-)-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid were also isolated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Furans / isolation & purification
  • Furans / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Furans
  • bullatacin
  • bullatacinone
  • squamone