Three new chromanes and one new flavone C-glycoside from Mallotus apelta

J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2023 Jan;25(1):18-26. doi: 10.1080/10286020.2022.2051494. Epub 2022 Mar 20.

Abstract

Three new chromanes, malloapeltas J-L (1-3), and one new flavone C-glycoside, malloflavoside (4), together with four known compounds, apigenin 6-C-β-D-xylopyranosyl-8-C-α-L-arabinopyranoside (5), apigenin 6-C-β-D-glucopyranosyl-8-C-α-L-arabinopyranoside (6), apigenin 7-O-β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucopyranoside (7), and acantrifoside E (8) were isolated from the methanol extract of the leaves of Mallotus apelta. Their chemical structures were determined using spectroscopic methods, including 1D, 2D NMR, and HR-ESI-MS methods. All the isolated compounds were evaluated their cytotoxic activity against human prostate cancer (PC-3) and human breast cancer (MCF-7) cells, but none of them showed cytotoxicities on both human cancer cell lines.

Keywords: Euphorbiaceae; Mallotus apelta; chromane; flavone C-glycoside; malloapelta; malloflavoside.

MeSH terms

  • Apigenin
  • Flavones* / pharmacology
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Mallotus Plant*

Substances

  • C-glycoside
  • Apigenin
  • Glycosides
  • Flavones