Antcamphins A-L, ergostanoids from Antrodia camphorata

J Nat Prod. 2014 Jan 24;77(1):118-24. doi: 10.1021/np400741s. Epub 2014 Jan 3.

Abstract

Twelve ergostanoids, named antcamphins A-L (1-12), together with 20 known triterpenoids, were isolated from fruiting bodies of the medicinal fungus Antrodia camphorata. Compounds 1 and 2 represent the first examples of norergostanes isolated from A. camphorata, and compounds 3 and 4 are the first pair of cis-trans isomers of ergostane-type triterpenoids containing an aldehyde group. Compounds 5-12 are four pairs of C-25 epimers. The structures of 1-12 were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data analysis including NMR and HRESIMS. Particularly, the absolute configurations at C-25 for 5-12 were determined by the modified Mosher's method. These triterpenoids exhibited weak cytotoxic activities against MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells and A549 lung cancer cells, but did not inhibit the growth of normal cells in the sulforhodamine B assay.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antrodia / chemistry*
  • Cinnamomum / microbiology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Ergosterol / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ergosterol / chemistry
  • Ergosterol / isolation & purification
  • Ergosterol / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Fruiting Bodies, Fungal / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Rhodamines / pharmacology
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Rhodamines
  • Triterpenes
  • lissamine rhodamine B
  • ergostane
  • Ergosterol