title: Lignans from the rhizomes of Iris tectorum.
abstract: Chemical examination of the ethanol extract of rhizomes of Iris tectorum led to the isolation and characterization of three new lignans, (7R,7'R,8S,8'S)-5'-methoxy-neo-olivil (1a), (7S,7'S,8R,8'R) -5'-methoxy-neo-olivil (1b), (7S,7'R,8S,8'S)-neo-olivil (2a), (7R,7'S,8R,8'R)-neo-olivil (2b), (7R,7'R,8S,8'S,7''S,8''S)-threo-neo-olivil-4'-O-8-guaiacylglycerol ether (3), together with six known ones (4-9). Among them, compounds 1 and 2 were found to be racemic mixtures, respectively, which were verified by chiral HPLC analysis, compound 3 was a new sesquineolignan. The structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of lignan constituents isolated from I. tectorum. All compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against five human tumor cell lines and none of them displayed significant toxicity in tested cell lines at a concentration of 10 μM.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for TCM Evaluation and Translational Development, School of TCM, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, People's Republic of China; State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chun-Lei
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan-Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhi-You
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Huan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ruo-Yun
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: dqyu@imm.ac.cn.
authors.forename: De-Quan
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D031323:Iris Plant / Q000737:chemistry*; D017705:Lignans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D027343:Rhizome / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017705:Lignans; D010936:Plant Extracts; C476392:olivil
keywords: Cytotoxicity; Iris tectorum; Lignans; Racemic mixtures; Sesquineolignan