Potential cancer chemopreventive agents from Arbutus unedo
Authors:
Esperanza J. Carcache-Blanco a;
Muriel Cuendet a;
Eun Jung Park a;
Bao-Ning Su a;
J. Fausto Rivero-Cruz a;
Norman R. Farnsworth a;
John M. Pezzuto a;
A. Douglas Kinghorn a
| Affiliation: | a Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA |
DOI:
10.1080/14786410500161205
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Biochemistry;
Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Chemistry;
Chemistry: Natural Products;
Pharmaceutical Science: Natural Products;
Organic Chemistry;
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Previously published as:
Natural Product Letters
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Abstract
A phytochemical study of the petroleum ether and ethyl acetate extracts of the entire plant of Arbutus unedo led to the isolation of a new sterol, 7β-hydroxystigmast-4-en-3-one (1), and nine known compounds of the flavan, steroid, and terpenoid types. The structure of 1 was determined by spectroscopic data interpretation in combination with molecular modeling calculations. The absolute stereochemistry of C-7 was assigned as S for compound 1 based on the obtained CD spectral data. Activity in the JB6 cell transformation assay was found for pomolic acid 3-acetate (4). All isolates obtained were evaluated in a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition assay.
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| Keywords: Arbutus unedo; Sterols; Pentacyclic triterpenes; 7β-Hydroxystigmast-4-en-3-one; Pomolic acid 3-acetate; JB6 cell transformation assay; Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition assay |
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