Rubiaceae-Type Cyclopeptides from Galianthe thalictroides

J Nat Prod. 2016 Apr 22;79(4):1165-9. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00849. Epub 2016 Feb 25.

Abstract

Two Rubiaceae-type cyclopeptides, 6-O-methylbouvardin (1) and the new cyclopeptide 5β-hydroxy-RA-III (2), were isolated from the roots of Galianthe thalictroides. Employing the sulforhodamine B assay, compounds 1 and 2 were tested in vitro against three cancer cell lines--786-0 (kidney carcinoma), PC-3 (prostate carcinoma), and HT-29 (colon carcinoma)--and showed GI50 values ranging from 0.06 to 1.80 μg mL(-1). This is the first report on the isolation of Rubiaceae-type cyclopeptides from a genus other than Rubia or Bouvardia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Brazil
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HT29 Cells
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry
  • Peptides, Cyclic / isolation & purification*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Rubiaceae / chemistry*

Substances

  • 5beta-hydroxy-RA-III
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • Plant Extracts
  • 6-O-methylbouvardin