Cytotoxic lignans from the stems of Styrax camporum (Styracaceae)
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2005-06-01
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Teles, Helder L. [UNESP]
Hemerly, J. P.
Pauletti, Patrícia M. [UNESP]
Pandolfi, José R. C. [UNESP]
Araujo, Angela Regina [UNESP]
Valentini, Sandro Roberto [UNESP]
Young, M. Cláudia M.
Bolzani, Vanderlan da Silva [UNESP]
Silva, Dulce H. S. [UNESP]
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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An ethanolic extract from the stems of Styrax camporum Pohl (Styracaceae), a plant traditionally used for gastrointestinal diseases, was fractionated and subjected to flash chromatography and afforded two benzofuran lignans, egonol and homoegonol, and one furofuran lignan, (+/-) syringaresinol, which were identified by spectral data interpretation. Their cytotoxic activities against Hep-2 (larynx epidermoid carcinoma), HeLa (human cervix carcinoma) and C6 (rat glioma) cell lines were evaluated using the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide) assay at several concentrations for 24 h. Activities could be observed for egonol against C6 (IC50 = 3.2 mu g/mL) and Hep-2 (IC50 = 3.6 mu g/mL) cell lines, and for homoegonol against C6 (IC50 = 4.9 mu g/mL) and HeLa (IC50 =- 5.3 mu g/mL) cells.
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Styrax camporum, Styracaceae, cytotoxic lignans, MTT assay
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Natural Product Research. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Ltd, v. 19, n. 4, p. 319-323, 2005.