Title
Activity-guided isolation of constituents of Renealmia nicolaioides with the potential to induce the phase II enzyme quinone reductase
Date Issued
01 November 2002
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gu J.
Park E.
Graham J.
Fong H.
Pezzuto J.
Kinghorn A.
Abstract
Three new prenylated dihydrochalcones, (±)-nicolaioidesins A, B, and C (1-3), as well as a new natural product, 5-styrylfuran-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (4), along with four known compounds, 2′-hydroxy-4′,6′-dimethoxychalcone (5), (±)-5-hydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone (6), (±)-5-hydroxy-7,4′-dimethoxyflavanone, and panduratin A, were isolated from the roots of Renealmia nicolaioides, using a bioassay to determine the induction of quinone reductase (QR) activity with cultured Hepa lclc7 mouse hepatoma cells. Among these isolates, 5 and 6 induced QR activity, with observed concentrations to double activity (CD) values of 1.7 and 0.9 μg/mL, respectively, while the other constituents were not regarded as being active (CD > 10 μg/mL). The chemical structures of 1-4 were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. A biogenetic pathway for the formation of (±)-nicolaioidins A-C (1-3) is proposed.
Start page
1616
End page
1620
Volume
65
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0036853799
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Natural Products
ISSN of the container
01633864
Sponsor(s)
National Cancer Institute
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