Abstract
Two new phenanthrenes, (1R,2R)-1,7-hydroxy-2,8-methoxy-2,3-dihydrophenanthrene-4(1H)-one (1) and 2,7-dihydroxy-phenanthrene-1,4-dione (2), were isolated from the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction of Dendrobii Herba, together with seven known phenanthrenes (3–9), two bibenzyls (10–12), and a lignan (13). Structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated by analyzing one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D)-NMR and High-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectra (HR-ESI-MS) data. The absolute configuration of compound 1 was confirmed by the circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic method. In cytotoxicity assay using FaDu human hypopharynx squamous carcinoma cell line, compounds 3–6, 8, 10, and 12 showed activities, with IC50 values that ranged from 2.55 to 17.70 µM.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2339 |
Journal | Molecules |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: This work was supported by grants from the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (2017R1C1B2006273).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors
Keywords
- (1R,2R)-1,7-hydroxy-2,8-methoxy-2,3-dihydrophenanthrene-4(1H)-one
- 2,7-dihydroxy-phenanthrene-1,4-dione
- Cytotoxicity
- Dendrobii Herb
- FaDu human hypopharynx squamous carcinoma cell
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Chemistry (miscellaneous)
- Molecular Medicine
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry