New cytotoxic butanolides from Lindera obtusiloba BLUME

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2000 May;48(5):614-6. doi: 10.1248/cpb.48.614.

Abstract

Three new butanolides, 2-(1-methoxy-11-dodecenyl)-penta-2,4-dien-4-olide (1), (2Z,3S,4S)-2-(11-dodecenylidene)-3-hydroxy-4-methylbutano lide (2) and (2E,3R,4R)-2-(11-dodecenylidene)-3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-4-methylbu tanolide (3), were isolated from the stems of Lindera obtusiloba BLUME. Their chemical structures were assigned by spectroscopic evidence. They exhibited cytotoxicity against cultured human tumor cell lines with their ED50 values ranging from 3.19 to 14.63 microg/ml.

MeSH terms

  • 4-Butyrolactone / analogs & derivatives*
  • 4-Butyrolactone / chemistry*
  • 4-Butyrolactone / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • 4-Butyrolactone