Woodfordin D and oenothein A, trimeric hydrolyzable tannins of macro-ring structure with antitumor activity

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1991 May;39(5):1157-62. doi: 10.1248/cpb.39.1157.

Abstract

Two new antitumor trimeric hydrolyzable tannins, woodfordin D (5) and oenothein A (13), were isolated from the dried flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa, and their macrocyclic structures, which have a novel constituent unit (woodfordinoyl group) connecting the monomers, have been elucidated on the basis of spectral and chemical evidence. Oenothein A (13) was also isolated from the leaves of Oenothera biennis.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Hydrolysis
  • Hydrolyzable Tannins*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry
  • Tannins / chemistry
  • Tannins / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Hydrolyzable Tannins
  • Tannins
  • woodfordin D
  • oenothein A