Five novel highly oxygenated diterpenes of Orthosiphon stamineus from Myanmar

J Nat Prod. 2001 May;64(5):592-6. doi: 10.1021/np000607t.

Abstract

Five novel highly oxygenated diterpenes, orthosiphols K (1), L (2), M (3), and N (4) and norstaminone A (5), were isolated from the aerial part of Orthosiphon stamineus, together with three known diterpenes, orthosiphols A (6) and B (7) and neoorthosiphol A (8). Orthosiphol L (2) is an isopimarane-type diterpene with a hydroxyl group at C-12, which supports the biogenesis of staminane-type diterpenes, i.e., migration of a vinylic group from C-13 of isopimarane to C-12. Norstaminone A (5) has a staminane carbon framework and supports the biosynthetic pathway from staminols to norstaminols via staminolactones. All the isolated compounds showed mild to weak antiproliferative activities toward highly liver metastatic colon 26-L5 carcinoma and human HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cell lines.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Cell Division / drug effects
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Lamiaceae / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Myanmar
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Phenols / isolation & purification
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Diterpenes
  • Phenols