Cytotoxic sesquiterpene lactones and other constituents of centaurea omphalotricha

Phytochemical research of the aerial parts of Centaurea omphalotricha led to the isolation of three new sesquiterpene lactones, 4'-acetyl cynaropicrin, 4'-acetyl cebellin F and 15-acetyl dehydromelitensin, together with twelve known compounds, seven sesquiterpene lactones, two isoprenoids...

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Autores: Kolli, El Hadj, León, Francisco, Benayache, Fadila, Estévez, Sara, Quintana, José, Estévez, Francisco, Brouard, Ignacio, Bermejo, Jaime, Benayach, Samir
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/199406
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/199406
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Centaurea
Asteraceae
Sesquiterpene lactones
Cytotoxic activity
HL-60
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Sumario:Phytochemical research of the aerial parts of Centaurea omphalotricha led to the isolation of three new sesquiterpene lactones, 4'-acetyl cynaropicrin, 4'-acetyl cebellin F and 15-acetyl dehydromelitensin, together with twelve known compounds, seven sesquiterpene lactones, two isoprenoids and three flavonoids. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by means of extensive 1D and 2D NMR, and MS, and by comparison with reported data in the literature. The effect of sesquiterpene lactones on the viability of the human tumor cell lines HL-60 and U937 was also investigated and 3-acetyl cynaropicrin, and 4'-acetyl cynaropicrin were found to be the most cytotoxic compounds against human leukemia cells with an IC50 values of 2.0 ± 0.9 and 5.1 ± 0.4 μmol L-1, respectively.