An unusual 2,3-secotaraxerene and other cytotoxic triterpenoids from pleiocarpa pycnantha (apocynaceae) leaves collected from Nigeria
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2014
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MDPI
Abstract
Three known triterpenoids, namely ursolic acid (1), and the 27-E- and 27-Z-pcoumaric
esters of ursolic acid (compounds 2, 3), were isolated together with a new
triterpene 2,3-seco-taraxer-14-en-2,3-lactone [pycanocarpine (4)] from an ethanolic extract
of Pleiocarpa pycnantha leaves. The structure of 4 was unambiguously assigned using
NMR, HREIMS and X-ray crystallography. The cytotoxic activities of the compounds
were evaluated against HeLa, MCF-7, KMST-6 and HT-29 cells using the WST-1 assay.
Ursolic acid (1) displayed potent cytotoxic activity against HeLa, HT-29 and MCF-7 cells
with IC50 values of 10, 10 and 20 µM respectively. The new compound 4 and its
hydrolysed derivative 5 were selectively cytotoxic to the breast cancer cell line, MCF-7
with IC50 values 20 and 10 µM respectively. This is the first report on isolation of a
2,3-seco-taraxerene derivative from the Apocynaceae family and cytotoxic activityof
P. pycnantha constituents.
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Pleiocarpa pycnantha, Apocynaceae, Triterpenoids, Cytotoxicity, Ursolic acid
Citation
Olubunmi, A.O. et al. (2014). An unusual 2,3-secotaraxerene and other cytotoxic triterpenoids from pleiocarpa pycnantha (apocynaceae) leaves collected from Nigeria. Molecules, 19: 3389-3400