Cytotoxic clerodane diterpenes from Glossocarya calcicola

Phytochemistry. 2005 Dec;66(24):2844-50. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.09.024. Epub 2005 Nov 11.

Abstract

Three clerodane diterpenes were isolated and identified from leaf extract of Glossocarya calcicola. Compound has been characterised as (rel)-10betaH-trans-12xi-(2-methylbut-2(E)-enoyl)-1beta-(isobutanoyl)-6alpha,13xi-dihydroxyclerodan-4(20),8(18)-dien-7,15-dione-15,16-oxide, to which we have assigned the trivial name calcicolin-A. The other two compounds had the same skeletal structure and C-12 substituent but in compound, the C-1 esterifying group becomes 2-methylbut-2(E)-enoic acid and in it becomes 2-methylbutanoic acid. Although anti-insect activity was not observed for G. calcicola, cytotoxicity against insect and human carcinoma cell lines was detected.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diterpenes, Clerodane / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes, Clerodane / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes, Clerodane / pharmacology*
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Insecticides / pharmacology
  • Lamiaceae / chemistry*
  • Mammals
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Diterpenes, Clerodane
  • Insecticides
  • Plant Extracts
  • calcicolin-A