Cytotoxic constituents of the fruits of Cananga odorata

J Nat Prod. 2001 May;64(5):616-9. doi: 10.1021/np0005208.

Abstract

A new guaipyridine sesquiterpene alkaloid, cananodine (1), and two new eudesmane sesquiterpenes, cryptomeridiol 11-alpha-L-rhamnoside (2) and gamma-eudesmol 11-alpha-L-rhamnoside (3), along with gamma-eudesmol (4), were isolated from the fruits of Cananga odorata. The structures of compounds 1-3 were established on the basis of NMR and MS methods. In addition, compounds 1-4 and four previously reported alkaloids, cleistopholine (5), N-trans-feruloyltyramine (6), (+)-ushinsunine-beta-N-oxide (7), and lyscamine (8), were evaluated for cytotoxicity against two human hepatocarcinoma cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylation
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • China
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Fruit / chemistry*
  • Hydrolysis
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Sesquiterpenes