Indole Alkaloids from Alocasia macrorrhiza

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2012;60(5):670-3. doi: 10.1248/cpb.60.670.

Abstract

Five new indole alkaloids, alocasins A-E (3-7), together with known hyrtiosin B (1) and hyrtiosulawesin (2) were isolated from Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) SCHOTT; their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data. Compounds 1-7 were in vitro tested for cytostatic activity on human throat cancer (Hep-2), human hepatocarcinoma (Hep-G2), and human nasopharyngeal carcinoma epithelial (CNE) cell lines by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) method; compounds 2, 3, 6 and 7 showed mild antiproliferative activity against Hep-2 and Hep-G2 whereas compounds 2 and 4 showed gentle antiproliferative activity against CNE.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alocasia / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / toxicity
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Indole Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Indole Alkaloids / isolation & purification
  • Indole Alkaloids / toxicity
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Rhizome / chemistry

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Indole Alkaloids