Furanolabdane diterpenes from Hypoestes purpurea

J Nat Prod. 2004 Nov;67(11):1947-9. doi: 10.1021/np0497402.

Abstract

Four new furanolabdane diterpenes, hypopurin A (1), hypopurin B (2), hypopurin C (3), and hypopurin D (4), together with eight lignans, alpha-O-methylcubebin, beta-O-methylcubebin, hinoquinin, helioxanthin, 7-hydroxyhinokinin, dehydroxycubebin, justicidine E, and (-)-hibalactone, as well as two triterpenes, lupeol and betulin, were isolated from the dried aerial part of Hypoestes purpurea. The structures of 1-4 were elucidated mainly on the basis of NMR and MS. Compound 1 was found to be moderately cytotoxic toward the KB cell line with an IC(50) value of 9.4 microM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acanthaceae / chemistry*
  • China
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • KB Cells
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Pentacyclic Triterpenes
  • Triterpenes
  • betulin
  • lupeol