Argusides B and C, two new cytotoxic triterpene glycosides from the sea cucumber Bohadschia argus Jaeger

Chem Biodivers. 2008 Jul;5(7):1288-97. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.200890115.

Abstract

Two new triterpene glycosides, argusides B and C (1 and 2, resp.), have been isolated from the sea cucumber Bohadschia argus Jaeger collected in the South China Sea. Their structures have been established by spectral analysis (2D-NMR and ESI-MS) and chemical evidence. Compounds 1 and 2 both possess a holostane-type triterpene aglycone with a C(9)==C(11) bond and a OH group at C(12), but differ in their substituents at C(17) and the hexasaccharide moiety. The two glycosides exhibited significant cytotoxicities against four human tumor cell lines (A549, HCT-116, HepG2, and MCF-7). In comparison with the positive control V-16 (etoposide), 1 and 2 showed higher cytotoxicities to A549 and HCT-116 cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Saponins / chemistry
  • Saponins / isolation & purification*
  • Saponins / pharmacology
  • Sea Cucumbers / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Saponins
  • arguside A