Cytotoxic flavonoids from Vitex agnus-castus

Phytochemistry. 1997 Oct;46(3):521-4. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9422(97)00127-1.

Abstract

Four new flavonoids, luteolin 6-C-(4"-methyl-6"-O-trans-caffeoylglucoside), luteolin 6-C-(6"-O-trans-caffeoylglucoside), luteolin 6-C-(2"-O-trans-caffeoylglucoside), and luteolin 7-O-(6"-p-benzoylglucoside), together with four known ones 5, 4'-dihydroxy-3,6,7,3'-tetramethoxyflavone, luteolin, artemetin and isorhamnetin, were isolated from the root bark of Vitex agnus-castus. The structures were elucidated by spectroscopic means.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / pharmacology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Flavonoids