Cytotoxic ent-abietane diterpenes from Gelonium aequoreum

Phytochemistry. 2008 Jan;69(1):276-87. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.07.005. Epub 2007 Aug 21.

Abstract

Seventeen ent-abietane diterpenes, including gelomulides K-X (1-14), and three known compounds, were isolated from a dichloromethane-soluble extract of Gelonium aequoreum through bioassay-guided fractionation. Their structures were identified by spectroscopic methods, and stereochemistry was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis, CD spectral data, and Mosher's method. The isolates were evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic activity, and compounds 1 and 3 showed moderate cytotoxicity against lung (A549), breast (MDA-MB-231 and MCF7), and liver (HepG2) cancer cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abietanes / chemistry*
  • Abietanes / isolation & purification
  • Abietanes / toxicity*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Euphorbiaceae / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Abietanes