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Chemical constituents from the leaves of Melia azedarach
Jin Zeng1, Rui-Jing Ma1, Ling Wang1
1a Pharmacy School, Guilin Medical University , Guilin 541004 , China.
Abstract:
Six compounds, benzyl 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-7-hydroxybenzoate (1), spathulenol (2), 1,7,8-trihydroxy-2-naphtaldehyde (3), quercetin (4), astragalin (5) and 2-methoxy-4-(2-propenyl)phenyl β-D-glucoside (6), were isolated from the leaves of Melia azedarach L. The structure elucidation of compound 1 was discussed in detail based on its 2D-NMR data. Compound 1 showed weak cytotoxicity against the cell lines of T-24, NCI-H460, HepG2, SMMC-7721, CNE, MDA-MB-231 and B16F10 with the inhibition rates from 10.01% to 34.05% at the concentration of 80 μM.
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