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Danyang Zhang1, Yu Zhao1, Zhiqi Xiao1
1Basic Medical Research Innovation Center for Anti-Cancer Drugs, MOE and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bioactive Natural Product Research, China Pharmaceutical University, 639 Longmian Dadao, Nanjing 211198, China.
Abstract:
Tetrasargltones A and B (1 and 2, respectively), representing the first examples of lindenane sesquiterpenoid (LS) tetramers, were isolated from Sarcandra glabra. Their structures were fully elucidated via HR-MS and NMR, with their authenticity further confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Structurally, 1 and 2 possess two unprecedented fully helically polymerized carbon skeletons, which are formed through plausible sequential Diels-Alder cycloadditions at different sites of the triene LS precursor. Biologically, 1 and 2 exhibit cytotoxic activity against five cancer cell lines, with 2 showing the best activity in HCT116 cells (IC50 = 2.51 ± 0.13 μM) and exerting its cytotoxic effects through NF-κB pathway inhibition.
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