Cycloartane triterpenoids and their glycosides from the rhizomes of Cimicifuga foetida

J Nat Prod. 2014 Sep 26;77(9):1997-2005. doi: 10.1021/np500249v. Epub 2014 Aug 19.

Abstract

A phytochemical study on the rhizomes of Cimicifuga foetida resulted in the isolation of two new cycloartane triterpenoids (1 and 2), eight new cycloartane glycosides (3-10), and six known cycloartane glycoside analogues (11-16). The structures of 1-10 were determined by application of spectroscopic methods, with the absolute configuration of 1 determined by X-ray crystallography. Compounds 1-6, as three pairs of epimers at C-10 and C-24, belong to a seven-membered-ring variant of 9,10-seco-9,19-cycloartane triterpenoids, and glycosides 3-10 were found to be 3-O-β-D-xylopyranosides. The cytotoxicity of the isolates was evaluated against five selected human tumor cell lines, and the known compounds 15 and 16 showed cytotoxicity against the hepatocellular carcinoma SMMC-7721 cell line with IC50 values of 5.5 and 6.3 μM, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cimicifuga / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / isolation & purification*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Rhizome / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Glycosides
  • Triterpenes
  • cimifoetidanol A
  • cimifoetidanol B
  • cycloartane