Cytotoxic germacranolide sesquiterpenes from the bark of Magnolia kobus

Arch Pharm Res. 2010 Jan;33(1):71-4. doi: 10.1007/s12272-010-2227-5. Epub 2010 Feb 27.

Abstract

A new (3) and three known germacrane-type sesquiterpenoids were isolated from the chloroform-soluble fraction of the methanolic extract of the bark of Magnolia kobus (Magnoliaceae) through repeated silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography. Their chemical structures were elucidated as costunolide (1), parthenolide (2), isobisparthenolidine (3), and bisparthenolidine (4) by spectroscopic analysis. Compounds 1-4 exhibited cytotoxicity against human A549, SK-OV-3, SK-MEL-2, and HCT15 tumor cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Magnolia / chemistry*
  • Plant Bark / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane / pharmacology*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane
  • germacranolide