Two new macrolide sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloids from Maytenus emarginata: emarginatine G and the cytotoxic emarginatine F.
Two new macrolide sesquiterpene pyridine alkaloids, emarginatine F [1] and emarginatine G [2], were isolated from Maytenus emarginata. The structural determinations of 1 and 2 by 2D nmr techniques and spectral comparison with a related compound, emarginatine A [3], are discussed. Biological evaluation showed that emarginatine F [1] demonstrated strong cytotoxicity against human epidermoid carcinoma of the nasopharynx (KB), ileocecal adenocarcinoma (HCT-8), melanoma (RPMI-7951) and medulloblastoma (TE-671) tumor cells, and against murine leukemia (P-388).
Kuo
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National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Shin-Dain, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan.
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Chen
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Chen
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Chen
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Chen
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Lee
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D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D051379:Mice; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C087109:emarginatine F; C087110:emarginatine G