Planta Med 1995; 61(1): 80-81
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958008
Letter

© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Cytotoxic Constituents of Bursera permollis

D. B. M. Wickramaratne1 , W. Mar1 , H. Chai1 , J. J. Castillo2 , N. R. Farnsworth1 , D. D. Soejarto1 , G. A. Cordell1 , J. M. Pezzuto1 , A. D. Kinghorn1
  • 1Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, U.S.A.
  • 2Herbarium, Faculty of Agronomy, University of San Carlos, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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1994

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

Four cytotoxic lignans were isolated from the stem bark of Bursera permollis (Burseraceae), namely, deoxypodophyllotoxin (1), β-peltatin methyl ether (2), picro-β-peltatin methyl ether (3), and dehydro-β-peltatin methyl ether (4). Also isolated was the inactive lignan, nemerosin (5). Compounds 1 and 2 were potently cytotoxic when evaluated against a panel of human cancer cell lines.

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