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Isolation and structure of pedilstatin from a republic of maldives Pedilanthus sp
George R Pettit1, Sylvie Ducki, Rui Tan
1Cancer Research Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State, University, Tempe 85287-2404, USA.
Abstract:
A new cancer cell growth inhibitor designated pedilstatin (1) was isolated from a Republic of Maldives Pedilanthus sp. The structure was determined to be 13-O-acetyl-12-O-[2'Z,4'E-octadienoyl]-4alpha-deoxyphorbol on the basis of high-resolution mass spectral and 2D NMR assignments. Pedilstatin was found to significantly inhibit growth of the P388 lymphocytic leukemia cell line with an ED(50) of 0.28 microg/mL, to afford, at concentrations of 2-5 microM, protection (to 80%) of human-derived lymphoblastoid CEM-SS cells from infection and cell-killing by HIV-1, and to show inhibition of protein kinase C with a K(i) of 620 +/- 20 nM.
