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Planta Med 2002; 68(8): 730-733
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33798
Original Paper
Natural Product Chemistry
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Bioactive Constituents of the Seeds of Brucea javanica

Bao-Ning Su1 , Leng Chee Chang1 , Eun Jung Park1 , Muriel Cuendet1 , Bernard D. Santarsiero2 , Andrew D. Mesecar2 , Rajendra G. Mehta3 , Harry H. S. Fong1 , John M. Pezzuto1 , A. Douglas Kinghorn1
  • 1Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
  • 2Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
  • 3Department of Surgical Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Received: October 30, 2001

Accepted: February 24, 2002

Publication Date:
09 September 2002 (online)

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Abstract

A new quassinoid, yadanziolide S (1), was isolated from the seeds of the traditional Chinese medicinal herb, Brucea javanica, along with ten known compounds, flazin, bruceine D, yadanziolide B, bruceoside A, yadanziolide S, yadanzigan, glycerol 1,3-bisoleate, azelaic acid, (±)-8-hydroxyhexadecanoic acid, and vanillin. Compound 1 is the first quassinoid to have been isolated from B. javanica without a methyleneoxy bridge between C-8 and C-13, and its structure was determined using spectroscopic methods, and confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. All isolates were evaluated for their potential to induce human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cell differentiation, and to inhibit cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1), -2 (COX-2), and 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced lesions in a mouse mammary organ culture model.

Key words

Simaroubaceae - Brucea javanica - quassinoid - yadanziolide S - X-ray analysis - human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) - cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and -2 (COX-2) - mouse mammary organ culture assay

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