Cytotoxic coumaronochromones from the roots of Euchresta formosana

Planta Med. 2002 Feb;68(2):146-51. doi: 10.1055/s-2002-20248.

Abstract

Five new coumaronochromones, euchretins J-N (1 - 5), along with twelve known compounds, euchretins A (6), C, D, F, H, I, (+)-matrine, (-)-cytisine, quercetin, trifolirhizin, retusin 8-methyl ether, and genistein, were isolated from the methanolic extracts of Euchresta formosana. The structures of compounds 1 - 5 were established by spectroscopic analyses. Among them, compounds 1, 4 and 6 were demonstrated to have cytotoxicity against 59T cell line, and compound 1 was also found to be active against SCM-1 cell line.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromones / chemistry
  • Chromones / isolation & purification
  • Chromones / pharmacology*
  • Coumarins / chemistry
  • Coumarins / isolation & purification
  • Coumarins / pharmacology*
  • Fabaceae*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / drug effects

Substances

  • Chromones
  • Coumarins
  • Flavonoids
  • Plant Extracts