Antiproliferative and hypoglycemic cucurbitane-type glycosides from the fruits of Momordica charantia

J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Mar 27;61(12):2979-86. doi: 10.1021/jf3041116. Epub 2013 Mar 12.

Abstract

This paper reports that bioassay-guided fractionations of EtOH extract of Momordica charantia fruits led to the isolation of 15 cucurbitane-type triterpene glycosides including 4 new compounds, kuguaosides A-D (1-4), along with 11 known ones, charantoside A (5), momordicosides I (6), F1 (7), F2 (8), K (9), L (10), and U (11), goyaglycosides-b (12) and -d (13), 7β,25-dihydroxycucurbita-5,23(E)-dien-19-al 3-O-β-d-allopyranoside (14), and 25-hydroxy-5β,19-epoxycucurbita-6,23-dien-19-on-3β-ol 3-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (15). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analyses and chemical methods. This study also established the HPLC-ELSD fingerprinting profile of an antiproliferative fraction of which 11 main peaks were identified. Biological evaluation showed that several isolated cucurbitane-type triterpene glycosides had antiproliferative activities against MCF-7, WiDr, HEp-2, and Doay human tumor cell lines. In addition, compound 14 showed potent hypoglycemic activities by glucose uptake assay.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Fruit / chemistry*
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification
  • Glycosides / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Momordica charantia / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Glycosides
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Plant Extracts
  • Triterpenes
  • cucurbitane