Molecules (Jan 2012)

Two Novel Naphthalene Glucosides and an Anthraquinone Isolated from Rumex dentatus and Their Antiproliferation Activities in Four Cell Lines

  • Yanxia Han,
  • Nan Li,
  • Wenming Xu,
  • Zengjun Guo,
  • Ling Han,
  • Nan Wu,
  • Hui Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules17010843
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1
pp. 843 – 850

Abstract

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An ethyl acetate extract of the roots of Rumex dentatus L. was investigated. Three compounds were identified by their spectroscopic data as chrysophanol (1), 6-methyl-7-acetyl-1, 8-dihydroxy-3-methoxy naphthalene-1-O-β-D(L)-glucoside (2) and 6-methyl-7-acetyl-1, 8-dihydroxy naphthalene-1-O-β-D(L)-glucoside (3) were found in the plant for the first time. Compounds 2 and 3 are novel compounds. Their antiproliferation activities were tested by the MTT assay in four cell lines (breast cancer MCF-7, gastric cancer 7901, melanoma A375 and oophoroma SKOV-3).

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