New cytotoxic cardenolide glycoside from the seeds of Cerbera manghas

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2004 Aug;52(8):1023-5. doi: 10.1248/cpb.52.1023.

Abstract

A new cytotoxic cardenolide glycoside, 3beta-O-(2'-O-acetyl-alpha-L-thevetosyl)-14beta-hydroxy-7-en-5beta-card-20(22)-enolide, (7,8-dehydrocerberin), together with five known cardenolides, 17beta-neriifolin, deacetyltanghinin, tanghinin, cerberin and 2'-O-acetyl-cerleaside A were isolated from the seeds of Cerbera manghas L. Their structures were elucidated by 1D- and 2D-NMR techniques as well as UV, IR and mass spectral data. 7,8-Dehydrocerberin, deacetyltanghinin and tanghinin exhibited cytotoxic activities against oral human epidermoid carcinoma (KB), human breast cancer cell (BC) and human small cells lung cancer (NCI-H187).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Apocynaceae / chemistry*
  • Cardenolides / chemistry
  • Cardenolides / isolation & purification*
  • Cardenolides / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Seeds / chemistry*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Cardenolides
  • Glycosides