16 alpha-hydroxy-(-)-kauranoic acid: a selectively cytotoxic diterpene from Annona bullata
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Y H Hui1, C J Chang, D L Smith
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
Abstract:
Using brine shrimp lethality to direct fractionation, extracts of the bark of Annona bullata Rich. (Annonaceae) have yielded 16 alpha-hydroxy-(-)-kauranoic acid as a bioactive plant constituent. This previously known diterpene showed significant (ED50 8.25 x 10(-2) micrograms/ml) and selective cytotoxicity against A-549 (lung) cells in our panel of human tumor cells.
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