Highly acylated diterpenoids with a new 3,4-secograyanane skeleton from the flower buds of Rhododendron molle

Org Lett. 2010 Apr 2;12(7):1560-3. doi: 10.1021/ol1002797.

Abstract

Four highly acylated diterpenoids with a new 3,4-secograyanane skeleton, secorhodomollolides A-D (1-4), have been isolated from the flower buds of Rhododendron molle. Their structures including absolute configurations were determined on the basis of spectroscopic data interpretation and single-crystal X-ray crystallography. Compound 4 exhibited significant analgesic and sedative effects at a dose of 5 mg/kg, and compound 2 showed selective cytotoxic activity against human hepatoma carcinoma cell line (Bel-7402) with IC(50) 0.97 microM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acylation
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Flowers / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Rhododendron / chemistry*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • 3,4-secograyanane
  • Diterpenes
  • secorhodomollolide A