A new phenylpropanoid glycoside from the fruits of Illicium simonsii.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To study the constituents and bioactivity of Illicium simonsii.
METHODS
The extracts of the fruits of Illicium simonsii were submitted to a combination of chromatographic materials, silica gel, ODS column chromatography and finally preparative HPLC to obtain eight compounds which were further evaluated for their cytotoxicity by MTT method.
RESULTS
A new phenylpropanoid glycolside, 2, 4-dihydroxy-allylbenzene-2-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), together with seven characteristic sesquiterpene lactones, oligandrumin B (2), oligandrumin D (3), anisatin (4), veranisatin D (5), pseudomajucin (6), 1α-hydroxy-3-deoxy-pseudoanisatin (7), 8α-hydroxy-10-deoxycyclomerrillianolide (8) were isolated.
CONCLUSIONS
Compound 1 is new. Compounds 1, 2, 3, 5-8 were isolated from this plant for the first time. None of the isolates showed inhibitory effects on the growth of non-small cell lung tumor cell line A549.
