Potent cytotoxic lignans from Justicia procumbens and their effects on nitric oxide and tumor necrosis factor-alpha production in mouse macrophages

J Nat Prod. 2002 Mar;65(3):379-81. doi: 10.1021/np0101651.

Abstract

A new lignan glycoside, 4-O-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1' "-->2' ')-beta-D-apiofuranosyldiphyllin (2), named procumbenoside A, and 11 known compounds were isolated from the whole plant of Justicia procumbens. The structure of 2 was established by spectral analysis and chemical methods. The known compounds justicidin A (1), diphyllin (3), and tuberculatin (4) showed potent cytotoxic effects against a number of cancer cells in vitro. Compounds 1 and 4 also strongly enhanced tumor-necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) generation from mouse macrophage-like RAW 264.7 cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Benzodioxoles
  • Cell Line, Transformed / drug effects
  • Dioxolanes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Lignans / chemistry
  • Lignans / isolation & purification*
  • Lignans / pharmacology
  • Lipopolysaccharides / administration & dosage
  • Macrophage Activation
  • Macrophages / drug effects*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Nitric Oxide / analysis
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Taiwan
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / analysis*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Benzodioxoles
  • Dioxolanes
  • Glycosides
  • Lignans
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • justicidins
  • procumbenoside A
  • tuberculatin
  • Nitric Oxide
  • diphyllin