New indolopyridoquinazoline, benzo[c]phenanthridines and cytotoxic constituents from Zanthoxylum integrifoliolum

Planta Med. 2005 May;71(5):470-5. doi: 10.1055/s-2005-864144.

Abstract

Three new alkaloids, 7,8-dehydro-1-methoxyrutaecarpine, isodecarine, and 8-demethyloxychelerythrine, together with sixteen known compounds, norchelerythrine, oxychelerythrine, decarine, dihydrocherythrinylacetaldehyde, 6-acetonyldihydrochelerythrine, rutaecarpine, 1-hydroxyrutaecarpine, gamma-fagarine, skimmianine, (-)-matairesinol, (-)-isoarctigenin, (+)-epipinoresinol, d-sesamin, lupeol, canthin-6-one, and arnottianamide have been isolated from the root bark of Zanthoxylum integrifoliolum. The structures of these new compounds were determined through spectral analyses. Among the isolates, 7,8-dehydro-1-methoxyrutaecarpine, norchelerythrine, oxychelerythrine, dihydrocherythrinylacetaldehyde, 6-acetonyldihydrochelerythrine, 1-hydroxyrutaecarpine, gamma-fagarine, skimmianine, (-)-matairesinol, and canthin-6-one exhibited cytotoxicities (ED50 values < 4 microg/mL) against P-388 or HT-29 cell lines in vitro.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / therapeutic use
  • Cell Line, Tumor / drug effects
  • HT29 Cells / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Phenanthridines / administration & dosage
  • Phenanthridines / chemistry
  • Phenanthridines / pharmacology
  • Phenanthridines / therapeutic use
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
  • Plant Roots
  • Zanthoxylum*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Phenanthridines
  • Plant Extracts