Isolation and identification of antitumor promoters from the seeds of Cassia tora

J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2011 Oct;21(10):1043-8. doi: 10.4014/jmb.1103.03040.

Abstract

A methanol extract of Cassia tora seeds was successively partitioned with diethyl ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and water, and the antitumor-promoting activity of the solvent fractions was determined by inhibition of Epstein- Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by teleocidin B-4 in Raji cells. The diethyl ether (68.7%) and chloroform (91.2%) fractions and the hydrolysate (94.3%) of the ethyl acetate fraction had strong inhibitory activities. The chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions were chromatographed on silica gel and further purified by HPLC. Three active compounds, obtusifolin-2-glucoside (75.0%), chryso-obtusin-6-glucoside (56.8%), and norrubrofusarin- 6-glucoside (39.4%), were obtained from the ethyl acetate fraction, and two active compounds, questin (97.9%) and chryso-obtusin (53.8%), were isolated from the chloroform fraction.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Cassia / chemistry*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification*
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Seeds / chemistry

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Plant Extracts