Antiplasmodial and cytotoxic flavans and diarylpropanes from the stems of Combretum griffithii

J Nat Prod. 2013 Jul 26;76(7):1298-302. doi: 10.1021/np400266h. Epub 2013 Jun 24.

Abstract

Four new flavans, griffinoids A-D (1-4), and two new diarylpropanes, griffithanes E and F (7 and 8), together with two known flavans (5 and 6), four known diarylpropanes, and β-sitosterol, were isolated from the EtOAc extract of the stems of Combretum griffithii. Compounds 3, 4, 5, and 9 exhibited weak antiplasmodial activity, with IC50 values of 15.74, 13.04, 9.66, and 14.45 μM, respectively. In addition, compounds 4, 5, and 8 also exhibited weak cytotoxicity toward one or more cancer cell lines including human epidermoid carcinoma, human breast cancer, and human small cell lung cancer cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / isolation & purification*
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Combretum / chemistry*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Female
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification*
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Stems / chemistry
  • Sitosterols / isolation & purification
  • Thailand

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Flavonoids
  • Sitosterols
  • gamma-sitosterol