Goniotriocin and (2,4-cis- and -trans)-xylomaticinones, bioactive annonaceous acetogenins from Goniothalamus giganteus

J Nat Prod. 1999 Jan;62(1):31-4. doi: 10.1021/np970438l.

Abstract

Goniotricin (1) and a mixture of (2,4-cis and -trans)-xylomaticinones (2), new bioactive annonaceous acetogenins, were isolated from the bark of Goniothalamus giganteus (Annonaceae) by activity-directed fractionation using the brine shrimp lethality test. Compound 1 is the first nonadjacent ring-hydroxylated bis-tetrahydrofuran (THF) acetogenin to be reported. Compound 2 is the cis- and trans-ketolactone mixture of xylomaticin, a known compound whose absolute stereochemistry has not been previously determined. The absolute stereochemistry of 2 was determined by the advanced Mosher's ester method. Both 1 and 2 showed significant and selective cytotoxicities among the six tumor cell lines in our seven-day MTT human solid tumor panel. In the yellow fever mosquito larvae microtiter assay, 1 was quite active, with an ED50 value of 3. 5 microg/mL.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Culicidae / enzymology
  • Furans / chemistry
  • Furans / isolation & purification*
  • Furans / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / isolation & purification*
  • Lactones / pharmacology
  • Larva / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Trees / chemistry*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Furans
  • Lactones
  • goniotriocin
  • isomurisolenin