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DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-959660
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Antineoplastic and Antiviral Activities of Some Cyclolignans
Publication History
1992
1992
Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)
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Abstract
Nineteen cyclolignans of varied structures, most of them isolated from Juniperus sabina leaves, were evaluated for their antineoplastic and anti-viral activities. They were subjected to screening against P-388 murine leukemia, A-549 human lung carcinoma, and HT-29 colon carcinoma, while the antiviral assays were performed on herpes simplex virus type 1 infecting fibroblasts of monkey kidney (HSV-1/CV-1) and on vesicular stomatitis virus infecting fibroblasts of hamster kidney (VSV/BHK). A number of substances were active in both types of assays at concentrations below 1 µg/ml; deoxypodophyllotoxin and β-peltatin A methyl ether being the most potent compounds in all cases, with IC50 values in the range 2.5-4 ng/ml for the three neoplastic systems.
Key words
Juniperus sabina - Cupressaceae - cyclolignans - antineoplastic - P-388 - A-549 - HT-29 - antiviral - HSV-1.VSV.