Three New Cytotoxic Monoterpenoid Bisindole Alkaloids from Tabernaemontana bufalina.

Planta Med

Institute of TCM and Natural Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P. R. China.

Published: October 2018

Three new bisindole alkaloids, 3'-(2-oxopropyl)-19,20-dihydrotabernamine (1: ), 3'-(2-oxopropyl)-ervahanine B (2: ), 19,20-dihydrovobparicine (3: ), and 20 known compounds were isolated from the aerial parts of . The structures of these alkaloids were elucidated using spectroscopic methods. The absolute configurations of 1: -3: were determined by the circular dichroic exciton chirality method. Compounds 1: -23: were screened for their cytotoxicity against two human cancer cell lines, A-549 and MCF-7. Ten compounds (1: -3, 10, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22: , and 23: ) exhibited inhibitory effects against the two human cancer cells with IC values of 1.19 ~ 6.13 µM.

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