Constituents of an extract of Cryptocarya rubra housed in a repository with cytotoxic and glucose transport inhibitory effects.

Abstract

A new alkylated chalcone (1), a new 1,16-hexadecanediol diester (2), and eight known compounds were isolated from a dichloromethane-soluble repository extract of the leaves and twigs of Cryptocarya rubra collected in Hawaii. The structures of the new compounds were determined by interpretation of their spectroscopic data, and the absolute configurations of the two known cryptocaryanone-type flavonoid dimers, (+)-bicaryanone A (3) and (+)-chalcocaryanone C (4), were ascertained by analysis of their electronic circular dichroism and NOESY NMR spectra. All compounds isolated were evaluated against HT-29 human colon cancer cells, and, of these, (+)-cryptocaryone (5) was found to be potently cytotoxic toward this cancer cell line, with an IC50 value of 0.32 μM. This compound also exhibited glucose transport inhibitory activity when tested in a glucose uptake assay.

• Authors: Yulin Ren, Chunhua Yuan, Yanrong Qian, Hee-Byung Chai, Xiaozhuo Chen, Michael Goetz, A Douglas Kinghorn
• Journal: Journal of natural products (J Nat Prod) Vol. 77 Issue 3 Pg. 550-6 (Mar 28 2014) ISSN: 1520-6025 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24344605 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
• Chalcones
• Glucose

Topics

• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic (chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Chalcones (chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Cryptocarya (chemistry)
• Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
• Glucose (analysis, metabolism)
• HT29 Cells
• Hawaii
• Humans
• Inhibitory Concentration 50
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
• Plant Leaves (chemistry)
• Stereoisomerism