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Structural Elucidation of Three 9,11-Seco Tetracyclic Triterpenoids Enables the Structural Revision of Euphorol J
Fang-Yu Yuan1, Fan Xu2, Run-Zhu Fan1
1School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Compounds 1-3, the rare examples of 9,11-seco euphane or lanostane triterpenoids featuring an enol-hemiacetal functionality, were isolated from Euphorbia stracheyi. Their structures were elucidated by a combination of spectroscopic, computational, chemical, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction means, which enables the structure of previously published euphorol J to be revised as 1. 1-3 showed significant cytotoxicities on the breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-468 with IC50 values in the range of 2.9-3.9 μM.
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