A new quassinoid from Castela texana

J Nat Prod. 1996 Jan;59(1):73-6. doi: 10.1021/np960013j.

Abstract

A new quassinoid, 11-O-trans-p-coumaroyl amarolide (1) was isolated from Castela texana, and the structure was elucidated by spectroscopic analysis. Compound 1 is the first coumaroyl quassinoid derivative to have been isolated from nature. The known compounds amarolide (2), chaparrinone, chaparrin, glaucarubolone, holacanthone, and 15-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl glaucarubol were also isolated. All isolated compounds were tested for their cytotoxicity and antiprotozoal activities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / pharmacology
  • Giardia / drug effects
  • Mexico
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Texas
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology
  • Trypanocidal Agents / pharmacology
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • 11-O-4-coumaroyl amarolide
  • Antimalarials
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Triterpenes
  • Trypanocidal Agents