Cytotoxic xanthone constituents of the stem bark of Garcinia mangostana (mangosteen)

Ah Reum Han, Jeong Ah Kim, Daniel D. Lantvit, Leonardus B.S. Kardono, Soedarsono Riswan, Heebyung Chai, Esperanza J.Carcache De Blanco, Norman R. Farnsworth, Steven M. Swanson, A. Douglas Kinghorn

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Abstract

Bioassay-guided fractionation of a chloroform-soluble extract of Garcinia mangostana stem bark, using the HT-29 human colon cancer cell line and an enzyme-based ELISA NF-κB assay, led to the isolation of a new xanthone, 11-hydroxy-3-O-methyl-1-isomangostin (1). The structure of 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic data analysis. In addition, 10 other known compounds, 11-hydroxy-1-isomangostin (2), 11α-mangostanin (3), 3-isomangostin (4), α-mangostin (5),β-mangostin (6), garcinone D (7), 9-hydroxycalabaxanthone (8), 8-deoxygartanin (9), gartanin (10), and cratoxyxanthone (11), were isolated. Compounds 4-8 exhibited cytotoxicity against the HT-29 cell line with ED50 values of 4.9, 1.7, 1.7, 2.3, and 9.1 μM, respectively. In an ELISA NF-κB assay, compounds 5-7, 9, and 10 inhibited p65 activation with IC50 values of 15.9, 12.1, 3.2, 11.3, and 19.0 μM, respectively, and 6 showed p50 inhibitory activity with an IC 50 value of 7.5 μM. α-Mangostin (5) was further tested in an in vivo hollow fiber assay, using HT-29, LNCaP, and MCF-7 cells, but it was found to be inactive at the highest dose tested (20 mg/kg).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2028-2031
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume72
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Nov 2009

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