A novel cytotoxic C-methylated biflavone, taiwanhomoflavone-B from the twigs of Cephalotaxus wilsoniana

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2002 Dec;50(12):1607-8. doi: 10.1248/cpb.50.1607.

Abstract

A novel C-methylated biflavone, taiwanhomoflavone-B (1), together with known compounds, 7,4',7"-tri-O-methylamentoflavone, 6-C-methylnaringenin and apigenin-7-O-beta-glucoside were isolated from an ethanolic extract of Cephalotaxus wilsoniana. The structure of 1 was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. Taiwanhomoflavone-B is cytotoxic with ED(50) values of 3.8 and 3.5 microg/ml, against KB oral epidermoid carcinoma and Hepa-3B hepatoma cells, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cephalotaxus / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification*
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Methylation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Shoots / chemistry
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Flavonoids
  • taiwanhomoflavone-B