NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2016, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (8): 1172-1175.

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Penylpropanoids with Cytotoxic Activity from the Fruits of Melia azedarach

ZENG Fa-gu1,2,SU Qian1,DI Ying-tong2*, HAO Xiao-jiang1,2*   

  1. 1 Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products Research,Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650031,China; 2 State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China,Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming 650201,China
  • Online:2016-08-30 Published:2017-01-17

Abstract: In this study,a new penylpropanoid dimer,mesendannin A (1),along with 5 known ones (+)-Pinoresinol (2),(-)-Eudesmin (3),(-)-Drodehyrodiconiferylalcohol (4),(-)-Jatrointelignan D (5) and (-)-Dihydrodehyrodiconiferyl alcohol (6) were isolated from the fruits of Melia azedarach. Their structures was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic methods,especially 2D NMR techniques.Compound 1 showed medium cytotoxic against five human tumor cell lines.

Key words: Melia azedarach, Meliaceae, penylpropanoid, cytotoxic activity

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