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A novel cytotoxic terpenoid from the flowers of Kaunia lasiophthalma Griseb

Maldonado, Eliana LU ; Svensson, Daniel LU ; Oredsson, Stina LU and Sterner, Olov LU (2014) In Phytochemistry Letters 8. p.105-108
Abstract
A phytochemical study of the flowers of Kaunia lasiophthalma G. (Asteraceae) yielded a novel triterpene (1) together with several known sesquiterpenoids. The structure of the new compound was elucidated by analysis of the spectroscopic data. The biosynthetic origin of 1 is proposed to be a dimerization of an oxidized derivative (3) of the germacrane sesquiterpene costunolide (2), also present in the flowers. The anticancer activity of 1 in the five breast cancer cell lines HCC1937, JIMT-1, L56Br-C1, MCF-7 and SK-BR-3 was compared with the cytotoxicity in the normal-like breast epithelial cell line MCF-10A. 1 exhibited high cytotoxicity in all investigated cancer cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 0.67 to 7.0 mu M, although it is... (More)
A phytochemical study of the flowers of Kaunia lasiophthalma G. (Asteraceae) yielded a novel triterpene (1) together with several known sesquiterpenoids. The structure of the new compound was elucidated by analysis of the spectroscopic data. The biosynthetic origin of 1 is proposed to be a dimerization of an oxidized derivative (3) of the germacrane sesquiterpene costunolide (2), also present in the flowers. The anticancer activity of 1 in the five breast cancer cell lines HCC1937, JIMT-1, L56Br-C1, MCF-7 and SK-BR-3 was compared with the cytotoxicity in the normal-like breast epithelial cell line MCF-10A. 1 exhibited high cytotoxicity in all investigated cancer cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 0.67 to 7.0 mu M, although it is lacking selectivity as the MCF-10A cells were almost as sensitive. (C) 2014 Phytochemical Society of Europe. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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Terpenoid, Structure elucidation, In vitro anticancer, Cytotoxicity
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105 - 108
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1874-3900
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10.1016/j.phytol.2014.02.012
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  abstract     = {{A phytochemical study of the flowers of Kaunia lasiophthalma G. (Asteraceae) yielded a novel triterpene (1) together with several known sesquiterpenoids. The structure of the new compound was elucidated by analysis of the spectroscopic data. The biosynthetic origin of 1 is proposed to be a dimerization of an oxidized derivative (3) of the germacrane sesquiterpene costunolide (2), also present in the flowers. The anticancer activity of 1 in the five breast cancer cell lines HCC1937, JIMT-1, L56Br-C1, MCF-7 and SK-BR-3 was compared with the cytotoxicity in the normal-like breast epithelial cell line MCF-10A. 1 exhibited high cytotoxicity in all investigated cancer cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 0.67 to 7.0 mu M, although it is lacking selectivity as the MCF-10A cells were almost as sensitive. (C) 2014 Phytochemical Society of Europe. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Maldonado, Eliana and Svensson, Daniel and Oredsson, Stina and Sterner, Olov}},
  issn         = {{1874-3900}},
  keywords     = {{Terpenoid; Structure elucidation; In vitro anticancer; Cytotoxicity}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{105--108}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Phytochemistry Letters}},
  title        = {{A novel cytotoxic terpenoid from the flowers of Kaunia lasiophthalma Griseb}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2014.02.012}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.phytol.2014.02.012}},
  volume       = {{8}},
  year         = {{2014}},
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