New flavans, spirostanol sapogenins, and a pregnane genin from Tupistra chinensis and their cytotoxicity

J Nat Prod. 2003 Feb;66(2):161-8. doi: 10.1021/np0203382.

Abstract

Seven new compounds, including three new flavans [tupichinol A-C (1-3)], three new spirostanol sapogenins [tupichigenin D-F (4-6)], and one new pregnane genin [tupipregnenolone (7)], together with 18 known compounds, were isolated from the underground parts of Tupistra chinensis. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis and chemical evidence. The structures and relative stereochemistry of 1 and 9 were further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis. Compounds Delta(25(27))-pentrogenin, 10, and ranmogenin A showed 100%, 96%, and 80% inhibition, respectively, against human gastric tumor (NUGC) cells at a concentration of 50 microM. Delta(25(27))-pentrogenin showed 100% inhibition against human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (HONE-1) cells at a concentration of 50 microM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification*
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Liliaceae / chemistry*
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Pregnanes / chemistry
  • Pregnanes / isolation & purification*
  • Pregnanes / pharmacology
  • Sapogenins / chemistry
  • Sapogenins / isolation & purification*
  • Sapogenins / pharmacology
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Stomach Neoplasms
  • Taiwan
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / drug effects

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Flavonoids
  • Pregnanes
  • Sapogenins