| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5176212 | Phytochemistry Letters | 2016 | 4 Pages |
â¿¢The stem bark of Mesua beccariana gave beccarixanthone T and beccamarin T.â¿¢Beccarixanthone T and beccamarin T are new natural products.â¿¢Beccarixanthone T and beccamarin T gave some cytotoxic activities against Hep G2 and HT-29 cell lines.
Our recent research on the phytochemical constituents of the stem bark of Mesua beccariana gave one new xanthone, beccarixanthone T (1) and one new coumarin, beccamarin T (2) together with three known xanthones mesuarianone (3), mesuasinone (4), 1,5-dihydroxyxanthone (5) and four known terpenoids, friedelin (6), stigmasterol (7), beta-sitosterol (8) and gamma-sitosterol (9). The structures of these compounds were elucidated and determined using spectroscopic techniques such as NMR and MS. The cytotoxic activities of compounds 1-4 as well as the crude extracts were tested against two cancer cell lines, Hep G2 (liver cancer cell line) and HT-29 (colon cancer cell line) using MTT assays. Mesuarianone (3) gave a significant activity on the HT-29 cell line while mesuasinone (4) gave moderate activity against HT-29 cell line.
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