Abietane diterpenoids from the roots of some Mexican Salvia species (Labiatae): chemical diversity, phytogeographical significance, and cytotoxic activity

Autor: Fredd Vergara, W. Matus, Baldomero Esquivel, María Teresa Ramírez-Apan, Ana Adela Sánchez, Simón Hernández-Ortega
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Chemistrybiodiversity. 2(6)
ISSN: 1612-1880
Popis: From the roots of some Mexican Salvia species, classified in subgenus Jungia, several diterpenoids belonging to abietane (i.e., 3-7), salvifolane (9 → 20,10 → 6)-diabeoabietane) (i.e., 2), and totarane (i.e., 10) carbocyclic skeletons were isolated together with two 20-nor- and one 6,7-secoabietane derivatives, 1 and 9, and 8, respectively. While compounds 2 - 10 were previously known from different sources, compound 1 is a new 20-norabietane derivative, whose structure was deduced by spectroscopic means and confirmed by X-ray-diffraction analysis. The phytogeographical significance of the distribution of 20-norabietanic diterpenoids in the genus suggested an evolutionary link between the Chinese and New-World Salvias. Compounds 2 and 8 were tested for cell-growth inhibition activity against several human cancer cell lines and human normal lymphocytes, while 2 showed a moderate cytotoxic activity, 8 exhibited a moderate yet selective activity against leukemia cell line.
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