title: Sesquiterpene lactones from Centaurea spinosa and their antibacterial and cytotoxic activities.
abstract: Ten sesquiterpene lactones, 8alpha-O-(3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylenebutanoyloxy)sonchucarpolide (4-epi-malacitanolide) (1), 8alpha-O-(4-acetoxy-2-hydroxymethylbuten-2-oyloxy)-4-epi-sonchucarpolide (2), malacitanolide (3), its 4'-acetyl derivative (4), 8alpha-O-(3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylenebutanoyloxy)dehydromelitensine (5), 8alpha-O-(3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylenebutanoyloxy)-15-oxo-5,7alphaH,6betaH-eleman-1,3,11(13)-trien-6,12-olide (6), the germacranolides 8alpha-O-(4-acetoxy-2-hydroxymethylbuten-2-oyloxy)salonitenolide (7), cnicin (8), and 4'-acetylcnicin (9), and the sesquiterpene methyl 8alpha-O-(3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylenebutanoyloxy)-6alpha,15-dihydroxyelema-1,3,11(13)-trien-12-oate (10), were isolated from the aerial parts of Centaurea spinosa. Nine known flavonoids were also isolated. The structures and the stereochemistry of the new compounds 1 and 2 were deduced by spectroscopic methods. The in vitro activity of 1-10 against three Gram-positive and three Gram-negative bacteria was evaluated using a microdilution method, and their in vitro cytotoxic activity was determined against a panel of human tumor cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, GR-157 71, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Vasiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saroglou
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karioti
authors.forename: Costas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Demetzos
authors.forename: Kostas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dimas
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Skaltsa
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D031179:Centaurea / Q000737:chemistry*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007783:Lactones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007783:Lactones; D012717:Sesquiterpenes