Chemical constituents from Aphanamixis grandifolia

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2010 Nov;58(11):1431-5. doi: 10.1248/cpb.58.1431.

Abstract

(23E)-25-Methylcycloart-23-en-3β-ol (1), a cycloartane-type triterpenoid featuring an unusual skeleton of 31 carbon atoms, (17E)-cycloart-17,26-dien-3β-ol (2), a new cycloartane-type triterpenoid, and the other two new compounds 4R-hydroxy-4-(9S-hydroxy-12-methylhexan-6-yl)-3-methylcyclopent-2-enone (6) and 7-hydroxy-5-(2'-hydroxy-4',5'-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-methoxy-6-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (7), together with three known cycloart-3β-ol triterpenoids (3-5) were isolated from aerial parts of Aphanamixis grandifolia. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis, and that of 1 was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The absolute configuration of two carbon stereocenters of compound 6 was determined to be 4R,9S by means of circular dichroism (CD) and auxiliary chiral α-methoxy-α-(trifluoromethyl)phenylacetic acid (MTPA) derivatives, respectively. The compound 3 exhibited significant cytotoxicities against HL-60, Hep G2 and HeLa, and compounds 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 exhibited modest cytotoxicities. No activity of compound 4 could be due to the absence of the hydroxyl group at C-24.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Cyclopentanes / chemistry
  • Cyclopentanes / isolation & purification
  • Cyclopentanes / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Meliaceae / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Naphthoquinones / chemistry
  • Naphthoquinones / isolation & purification
  • Naphthoquinones / pharmacology
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Triterpenes / chemistry*
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Cyclopentanes
  • Naphthoquinones
  • Triterpenes
  • cycloartane
  • cyclopentenone
  • 1,4-naphthoquinone