SESQUITERPENE CONSTITUENTS OF 2 LIVERWORTS OF GENUS DIPLOPHYLLUM - NOVEL EUDESMANOLIDES AND CYTOTOXICITY STUDIES FOR ENANTIOMERIC METHYLENE LACTONES
SESQUITERPENE CONSTITUENTS OF 2 LIVERWORTS OF GENUS DIPLOPHYLLUM - NOVEL EUDESMANOLIDES AND CYTOTOXICITY STUDIES FOR ENANTIOMERIC METHYLENE LACTONES
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DOI:
10.1016/0040-4020(77)80301-3
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
LIU, CB
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作者:
OHTA, Y;ANDERSEN, NH;LIU, CB
The steam distillates (or hexane extracts) of the liverworts D. albicans (L.) Dum. and D. taxifolium (Wahl.) Dum. are a mixture of sesquiterpenes. Both species elaborate among the hydrocarbons, mainly ent-.alpha.-selinene and ent-selina-4,11-diene together with anastreptene and .beta.-elemene. The major component of each essential oil was diplophyllin, a novel ent-eudesmanolide. The structure of diplophyllin was established by correlation with tetrahydroisoalantolactone. The enantiomers of diplophyllin and diplophyllolide-A were obtained on acid isomerization of isoalantolacetone. Diplophyllin shows significantly greater activity against human oral epidermoid carcinoma (KB cell culture, ED50 .simeq. 8 .mu.g/ml) than its enantiomer: the 1st demonstration of optical selectivity for this type of cytotoxicity. Among the more polar constituents of D. albicans were 9.alpha.-acetoxydiplophyllin, and several sesquiterpene alcohols including albicanol.