Title
Identification of triterpene hydroxycinnamates with in vitro antitumor activity from whole cranberry fruit (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
Date Issued
04 June 2003
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abstract
Bioactivity-guided fractionation of cranberry fruit was used to determine the identity of triterpenoid esters from Vaccinium macrocarpon, which inhibit tumor cell growth and may play a role in cancer prevention. In our previous study, a fraction from whole fruit exhibited tumor cell growth inhibition in vitro. The major components of this fraction were isolated by chromatographic separation of ethyl acetate extracts, purified by semipreparative HPLC, and identified by NMR as cis- (1) and trans- (2) isomers of 3-O-p-hydroxycinnamoyl ursolic acid. These triterpenoid esters have not been previously reported in Vaccinium fruit. Bioassay of the purified triterpene cinnamates in tumor cell lines in vitro showed slightly greater activity of compound 1 in most cell lines, with GI50 values of approximately 20 μM in MCF-7 breast, ME180 cervical and PC3 prostate tumor cell lines. Quercetin was slightly less active than 1, while cyanidin-3-galactoside exhibited much lower cytotoxicity, with GI50 greater than 250 μM in all cell lines. Phenylboronic acid (3) was also isolated from the fruit but showed insignificant antitumor activity.
Start page
3541
End page
3545
Volume
51
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Farmacología, Farmacia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0038689286
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
ISSN of the container
00218561
Sources of information:
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