Planta Med 2004; 70(3): 269-272
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818922
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Cytotoxic ent-Kaurane Diterpenoids from Isodon rubescens var. rubescens

Quan-Bin Han1 , Wei Xiang1 , Rong-Tao Li1 , Ma-Lin Li2 , Si-Wei Li2 , Han-Dong Sun1
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, P. R. China
  • 2Yunnan Pharmacological Laboratory of Natural Products, Kunming Medical College, Kunming, P. R. China
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Publication History

Received: July 28, 2003

Accepted: November 15, 2003

Publication Date:
23 March 2004 (online)

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Abstract

Five new ent-kauranoids, xindongnins C - G (1 - 5), together with five known ones, xindongnins A and B (6 and 7), melissoidesin G (8), dawoensin A (9), and glabcensin V (10), were isolated from the leaves of Isodon rubescens var. rubescens, and structurally elucidated. Compounds 1, 4, and 6 - 10 showed inhibitory effects against human tumor K562 cells with IC50 values ranging from 0.3 to 7.3 μg/mL. The structure of 6 was revised on the basis of its 2D-NMR spectral data.

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Prof. Dr. Han-Dong Sun

State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China

Kunming Institute of Botany

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Heilongtan

Kunming 650204

People’s Republic of China

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Email: hdsun@mail.kib.ac.cn