Cytotoxic isoflavans from Eysenhardtia polystachya

J Nat Prod. 1998 Jun 26;61(6):767-70. doi: 10.1021/np970586b.

Abstract

Two new cytotoxic isoflavans, (3S)-7-hydroxy-2',3',4',5', 8-pentamethoxyisoflavan (1) and (3S)-3',7-dihydroxy-2',4',5', 8-tetramethoxyisoflavan (2), were isolated from the bark and trunks of Eysenhardtia polystachya (Leguminosae), together with the known constituents stigmasterol, isoduartin, cuneatin, 7-hydroxy-2',4', 5'-trimethoxyisoflavone, and 3,4-dimethoxy-8, 9-(methylenedioxy)pterocarpan. The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic methods. The antimicrobial, cytotoxic, and insecticidal potential of some of these compounds were evaluated. The isoflavans 1, 2, and isoduartin (2', 7-dihydroxy-3',4',8-trimethoxyisoflavan) displayed moderate cytotoxic activity against KB cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Benzopyrans / isolation & purification*
  • Benzopyrans / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Insecticides / isolation & purification
  • Isoflavones*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mexico
  • Mice
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spodoptera
  • Texas
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • 3',7-dihydroxy-2',4',5',8-tetramethoxyisoflavan
  • 7-hydroxy-2',3',4',5',8-pentamethoxyisoflavan
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Benzopyrans
  • Insecticides
  • Isoflavones