Three new coumarin types from aerial parts of Ammi majus L. and their cytotoxic activity
AbstractThree new coumarin types were isolated from the aerial parts of the wild medicinal plantAmmi majus, which was collected from western Asia (Saudi Arabia), including pyrano coumarin, namely, 5-isobutylcoumarin-6-C-glucoside(1); furanocoumarin, namely, 6,7,9-Trimethoxy-3-(8′-methoxy-2′-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl)-2H-furo[3,2-g]chromen-2(3H)-one(2); and pyrone coumarin, namely, 6-hydroxy-3-(2-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxy-4 methyl coumarin(3). The structures were determined by spectroscopic methods, mainly 1D- and 2D-NMR. In vitro cytotoxicity was evaluated by 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The results of cytotoxicity depending on their structure features showed that compound3had high activity on different cell lines, while compound1showed no activity against HCT116. Compound2had high activity towards HCT116 cell line.