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A new cytotoxic casbane diterpene from Euphorbia pekinensis
Qiao-Li Liang1, Chuan-Chao Dai, Ji-Hong Jiang
1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for TCM Formulae Research, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China. liangqiaoli2008@163.com
Fitoterapia
|June 30, 2009
Abstract:
A new cytotoxic casbane diterpene, named pekinenal, was isolated from the roots of Euphorbia pekinensis. Its structure was elucidated as 5alpha-hydroxy-1betaH,2alphaH-casba-3Z,7E,11E-triene-18-al by a combination of 1D- and 2D-NMR techniques and confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Pekinenal showed cytotoxic activity against all four human cancer cell lines tested.