Cytotoxicity of Aporphine, Protoberberine, and Protopine Alkaloids fromDicranostigma leptopodum(Maxim.) Fedde
2014 ◽
Vol 2014
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pp. 1-6
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Nine alkaloids with three different structural skeletons were isolated fromDicranostigma leptopodum(Maxim.) Fedde (Papaveraceae) by repeated silica gel column chromatography. Their chemical structures were identified on the basic of physicochemical and spectroscopic data. Among them, 10-O-methylhernovine (1), nantenine (2), corytuberine (3), lagesianine A (4), and dihydrocryptopine (9) were first isolated from this plant. With a series of cytotoxic tests, compounds2,3, and7displayed cytotoxicity against SMMC-7721 with IC50values of 70.08 ± 4.63, 73.22 ± 2.35, and 27.77 ± 2.29μM, respectively.