Molecules (Nov 2015)

Two New Cyototoxic Cardenolides from the Whole Plants of Adonis multiflora Nishikawa & Koki Ito

  • Jae-Woo Jung,
  • Nam-In Baek,
  • Jeon Hwang-Bo,
  • Seung-Su Lee,
  • Ji-Hae Park,
  • Kyeong-Hwa Seo,
  • Jung-Hwa Kwon,
  • Eun-Ji Oh,
  • Dae-Young Lee,
  • In-Sik Chung,
  • Myun-Ho Bang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules201119722
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 11
pp. 20823 – 20831

Abstract

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A phytochemical investigation of the whole plants of Adonis multiflora Nishikawa & Koki Ito. resulted in the isolation and identification of two new cardenolides—adonioside A (1) and adonioside B (6)—as well as four known cardenolides: tupichinolide (2) oleandrine (3), cryptostigmin II (4), and cymarin (5). Their structures were elucidated on the basis of NMR, MS, and IR spectroscopic analyses. Compounds 1, 2, 5, and 6 showed significant cytotoxicity against six human cancer cell lines (HCT-116, HepG2, HeLa, SK-OV-3, and SK-MEL-5, and SK-BR-3).

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