1. Isolation and Cytotoxic Activity of Selaginellin Derivatives and Biflavonoids from Selaginella tamariscina.
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Zhang, Guo-Gang, Jing, Ying, Zhang, Hong-Mei, Ma, En-Long, Guan, Jin, Xue, Feng-Ning, Liu, Hong-Xia, and Sun, Xiao-Ya
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BIOPHYSICS ,CELL culture ,FLAVONOIDS ,RESEARCH methodology ,MOLECULAR structure ,NUCLEAR magnetic resonance spectroscopy ,PHARMACEUTICAL chemistry ,TOXICITY testing ,PLANT extracts ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Five selaginellin derivatives, including two new selaginellins termed selaginellins M(1) and N(2), and three previously identified compounds, selaginellin (3), selaginellin A (4), and selaginellin C (5), were isolated from the Selaginella tamariscina (Beauv.) Spring plant. In addition, four known biflavonoids, namely neocryptomerin (6), hinokiflavone (7), pulvinatabiflavone (8), and 7"-O-methylamentoflavone (9), were also isolated. The structures of new compounds 1 and 2 were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis. The cytotoxic activity of compounds 1-9 was evaluated against a small panel of human cancer cell lines, including U251 (human glioma cells), HeLa (human cervical carcinoma cells), and MCF-7 (human breast cancer cells). The two new selaginellins, selaginellins M (1) and N (2), showed medium activity against the human cancer cell lines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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