Lignans from the fruits of Cornus kousa Burg. and their cytotoxic effects on human cancer cell lines

Dae Young Lee, Myoung Chong Song, Ki Hyun Yoo, Myun Ho Bang, In Sik Chung, Sung Hoon Kim, Dae Keun Kim, Byoung Mog Kwon, Tae Sook Jeong, Mi Hyun Park, Nam In Baek

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Abstract

The fruits of Cornus kousa Burg. were extracted with 80% aqueous MeOH, and the concentrated extract partitioned with EtOAc, n-BuOH and H2O. Six lignans were isolated from the EtOAc fraction through repeated silica gel, ODS and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies. From the physico-chemical data, including NMR, MS and IR, the chemical structures of the compounds were determined to be (+)-pinoresinol (1), (-)-balanophonin (2), (+)-laricresinol (3), erythro-guaiacylglycerol-β-coniferyl aldehyde ether (4), threo-guaiacylglycerol-β-coniferyl aldehyde ether (5) and dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol (6), which were isolated for the first time from this plant. Most of these compounds showed cytotoxicity against human colon carcinoma (HCT-116) and human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cell lines in vitro, with IC50 values ranging from 19.1 to 71.3 μ g/mL.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)402-407
Number of pages6
JournalArchives of Pharmacal Research
Volume30
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Apr 2007

Keywords

  • Cornus kousa
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Human colon carcinoma (HCT-116)
  • Human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2)
  • Lignan
  • MTT assay

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