Abstract
Abstract: A search for bioactive natural products as anticancer lead compounds resulted in the isolation of one previously undescribed and three known clerodane diterpenoids (1–4) from Casearia kurzii. The structures of these compounds were established by analysis of their NMR, MS, and electronic circular dichroism data. The cytotoxic activities of four compounds against three human cancer cell lines were evaluated. Compound 2 was found to be the most active with an IC50 value of 4.1 μM against HeLa cells, and was selected to investigate the possible cytotoxic mechanism. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 826-833 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Natural Medicines |
Volume | 73 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 Sept 13 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements This work was supported by the National University Student Innovation Program of Nankai University, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1703107), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China (No. 16JCYBJC27700), and Hundred Young Academic Leaders Program of Nankai University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy.
Keywords
- Apoptosis
- Casearia kurzii
- Cell cycle
- Clerodane diterpenoids
- Cytotoxic activities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Drug Discovery
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Organic Chemistry