title: Cytotoxic glycosides from Albizia julibrissin.
abstract: During the course of a study of leguminous plants, cytotoxicity was demonstrated by the crude saponin fraction of Albizia julibrissin. Following chromatographic purification, the structures of three novel saponins, julibrosides I-III (1-3), inclusive of a cytotoxic principle, were elucidated. A comparison of the cytotoxicity of julibrosides (1-3) and their prosapogenins (4-15) prepared by alkaline hydrolysis clearly indicated that both an alpha-L-arabinofuranosyl-(1-->4)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-alpha- L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl ester unit and a monoterpene-quinovopyranosyl moiety are crucial substituents for cytotoxicity among this class of compounds. The hydroxy group at C-16 of aglycon may play an important role in mediating cytotoxicity, and the N-acetyl-glucosamine moiety at C-3 seems to enhance activity because 3 showed the strongest cytotoxicity.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kinjo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nohara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D006027:Glycosides