Abstract
Fractionation of the chloroform-soluble extract of the leaves and twigs of Calyptranthes pallens, collected from an experimental plot in a hardwood forest of southern Florida, using a hormone-dependent human prostate carcinoma (LNCaP) tumor cell line, led to the isolation of a phloroglucinol derivative with a novel carbon skeleton, pallenic acid (1), and a new triterpenoid, 3beta-hydroxy-18alpha,19alpha-urs-20-en-28-oic acid (2). The known compound methylene-bis-aspidinol (3) was selectively active against the human oral epidermoid carcinoma (KB) cell line. Several known compounds of the ellagic acid, lignan, phloroglucinol, sterol, and triterpene types were also obtained in the present investigation.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
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Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
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Florida
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Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / chemistry
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Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / isolation & purification*
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Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / pharmacology
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Humans
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KB Cells
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Molecular Structure
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Myrtaceae / chemistry*
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
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Plant Leaves / chemistry
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Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
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Triterpenes / chemistry
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Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
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Triterpenes / pharmacology
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Tumor Cells, Cultured
Substances
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3beta-hydroxy-18alpha,19alpha-urs-20-en-28-oic acid
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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
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Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring
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Triterpenes
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pallenic acid