title: Antiproliferative, anti-aromatase, anti-17beta-HSD and antioxidant activities of lignans isolated from Myristica argentea.
abstract: Four lignans were isolated from the petrol extract of Myristica argentea mace (Myristicaceae) and their structures were elucidated by means of NMR and mass spectrometry. Although they have been previously described, NMR data are only available for threo-austrobailignan-5, which has been isolated only once, and is incomplete. Three of them, erythro-austrobailignan-6, meso-dihydroguaiaretic acid and nectandrin-B, exert an antiproliferative effect on MCF-7 cells as well as antioxidant activity on the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, but not the threo-austrobailignan-5. Nectandrin-B also possesses anti-17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and anti-aromatase activities.
authors.affiliation: UPRES EA 1085, Biomolécules et cibles cellulaires tumorales, UFR de Pharmacie, Limoges, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Filleur
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Le Bail
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Duroux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Chulia
mesh_terms: D015067:17-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D047072:Aromatase Inhibitors; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D006139:Guaiacol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D017705:Lignans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D026324:Myristicaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D000975:Antioxidants; D047072:Aromatase Inhibitors; D017705:Lignans; D010936:Plant Extracts; C015816:dihydroguaiaretic acid; D006139:Guaiacol; D015067:17-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; C044256:3 (or 17)-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase