New dammarane triterpenes from the aerial parts of Ibicella lutea grown in Argentina

J Nat Prod. 2003 Dec;66(12):1586-92. doi: 10.1021/np030273i.

Abstract

Two new dammarane triterpenes have been isolated from the aerial parts of Ibicella lutea, 3-acetyl-24-epi-polacandrin (1) and 1,3-diacetyl-24-epi-polacandrin (2), and were obtained along with the known compounds 20S,24S-epoxy-3beta,12beta,25-trihydroxydammarane (3) and apigenin. The structures of compounds 1 and 2 were deduced by spectroscopic studies and by chemical transformations leading to the preparation of derivatives 4-11. The structure and relative stereochemistry of 1 were verified by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The natural compounds and selected semisynthetic derivatives were evaluated against several tumor cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylation
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Argentina
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Dammaranes
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • 1,3-diacetyl-24-epi-polacandrin
  • 3-acetyl-24-epi-polacandrin
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Triterpenes