Cytotoxic sesquiterpenoids from Eupatorium chinense

J Nat Prod. 2004 Apr;67(4):638-43. doi: 10.1021/np0304159.

Abstract

Ten new sesquiterpenoids, namely, eupachinilides A-J (1-10), together with seven known sesquiterpenoids, eupachifolin D (11), budlein B (12), 8 beta-(4'-hydroxytiglyloxy)-2 beta-hydroxy-1 alpha H,5 alpha H,6 beta H,7 alpha H-guai-3,10(14),11(13)-trien-6,12-olide (13), 1,10-hydrobahia (14), 2 alpha-hydroxyeupatolide (15), eupaserrin (16), and mollisorin B (17), were isolated from the whole plant of Eupatorium chinense. Their structures were elucidated mainly by spectral methods, especially 2D NMR techniques. Eupachinilides A (1), E (5), F (6), and I (9) exhibited moderate cytotoxic activities against several tumor cell lines. The structures assigned previously for eupachifolins B (11a), C (13a), and D (11) were revised by spectral analysis and 2D NMR techniques.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Eupatorium / chemistry*
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Sesquiterpenes