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Published on: October 11, 2022
Withanolides from Withania aristata and their cytotoxic activity
Gabriel G Llanos1, Liliana M Araujo, Ignacio A Jiménez
1Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica "Antonio González", Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de La Laguna, and Instituto Canario de Investigación del Cáncer, Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Abstract:
Seven new withanolides (1-7), along with three known ones (8-10), were isolated from the leaves of Withania aristata. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis, including 2D NMR experiments and spectrometric techniques, and the absolute configuration of 1 and 2 was established by CD analysis. In the search for new cytotoxic compounds from Withania species, the isolated compounds 1-9, along with two derivatives, were assayed for their cytotoxicity against HeLa, MCF-7 and A-549 human tumor cell lines. Derivative (4S,20R,22R)-27-acetoxy-4-p-bromobenzoyloxy-1-oxo-witha-2,5,16,24-tetraenolide (13) showed cytotoxicity against all the cell lines assayed with IC(50) values ranging from 2.8 to 3.6microM, and (4S,20R,22R)-4,27-diacetoxy-4-hydroxy-1-oxo-witha-2,5,16,24-tetraenolide (12) exhibited an IC(50) value of 5.4microM on the MCF-7 cell line.
