Selective cytotoxicity of ginkgetin from Selaginella moellendorffii

J Nat Prod. 1997 Apr;60(4):382-4. doi: 10.1021/np960608e.

Abstract

Bioassay-directed fractionation of an ethanolic extract of Selaginella moellendorffii has led to the isolation of a known biflavone, ginkgetin (1). A dose-dependent inhibition was observed with 1 on the growth of OVCAR-3 (human ovarian adenocarcinoma) cells with 50% inhibition occurring at 1.8 micrograms/mL. Nonbioactive fractions yielded four additional known biflavones, amentoflavone 7,4',7",4"'-tetramethyl ether, kayaflavone, podocarpusflavone A, and amentoflavone.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Biflavonoids*
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Vero Cells

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Biflavonoids
  • Flavonoids
  • Plant Extracts
  • ginkgetin