New compounds with DNA strand-scission activity from the combined leaf and stem of Uvaria hamiltonii.
Two flavanones, hamiltones A (1) and B (2), an aurone, hamiltrone (3), a chalcone, hamilcone (4), and a tetrahydroxanthene, hamilxanthene (5), were isolated from Uvaria hamiltonii extracts guided initially by fractionation based on DNA strand-scission and/or 9KB cytotoxicity assays. Compounds 2-5 have not been reported previously, while 1 is new as a natural product. Structural assignments were made based on extensive spectroscopic measurements. Compounds 1-3 were inactive in the 9KB cytotoxicity assay, with compounds 4 and 5 having weak activity. In the DNA strand-scission assay, 3 was the most active compound found in the DNA strand-scission assay, being 10 times more potent than 1 or 2. Compound 4 was only weakly active, and 5 was inactive.
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Chemistry and Life Sciences Group, Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina 22709, USA.
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D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D044950:Flavanones; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014966:Xanthenes / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology
D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D044950:Flavanones; D005419:Flavonoids; D014966:Xanthenes; C112364:hamiltone A; C112365:hamiltone B; C112366:hamilxanthene; D004247:DNA