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  • Phytochemistry
  • Natural Products Chemistry
  • Pharmacognosy

Background:

  • Verbena bonariensis is a plant species with potential medicinal properties.
  • Natural products serve as a source for novel therapeutic agents.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To isolate and characterize new and known compounds from Verbena bonariensis.
  • To evaluate the cytotoxic activity of isolated compounds against human cancer cell lines.

Main Methods:

  • Isolation of compounds using chromatographic techniques.
  • Structure elucidation using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and High-Resolution Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (HRESIMS).
  • Determination of absolute configuration via Electronic Circular Dichroism (ECD) calculations.
  • Cytotoxicity assays using MTT or similar methods.

Main Results:

  • Two new compounds, verboncin A (1) and verboncin B (4), were identified.
  • Fourteen known compounds (2-3, 5-16) were also isolated, with 14 being reported from this plant for the first time.
  • Compound 4 exhibited negligible cytotoxic activity against the MCF-7 cell line with an IC50 of 68.08 ± 0.35 µM.

Conclusions:

  • The chemical investigation of Verbena bonariensis yielded novel and known compounds.
  • Verboncin B (4) demonstrated low cytotoxicity against the MCF-7 cell line, suggesting further investigation may be warranted for other biological activities.