A new triterpenoid from Sapium baccatum (Euphorbiaceae)

Nat Prod Res. 2014;28(13):1003-9. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2014.903396. Epub 2014 Apr 4.

Abstract

A new triterpene, malaytaraxerate (1), and four known compounds, taraxerol (2), taraxerone (3), docosyl isoferulate (4) and docosanoic acid 2',3'-dihydroxypropyl ester (5), were isolated from the acetone extract of Sapium baccatum stem bark. The structures of the isolated compounds were determined using several spectroscopic methods, including UV-Vis, FT-IR, 1D and 2D NMR, and mass spectrometry. Major isolated compounds were assayed for cytotoxicity. The chemotaxonomic significance of this plant was also studied.

Keywords: Euphorbiaceae; Sapium baccatum; cytotoxicity; malaytaraxerate; triterpenoid.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 3T3 Cells
  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HT29 Cells
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oleanolic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Oleanolic Acid / chemistry
  • Oleanolic Acid / isolation & purification
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Plant Stems / chemistry
  • Sapium / chemistry*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Triterpenes
  • malaytaraxerate
  • Oleanolic Acid
  • taraxerol
  • taraxerone