New Epimeric Spirostanol and Furostanol-Type Steroidal Saponins fromCestrum laevigatumL.
Author(s) -
Paulo Riceli Vasconcelos Ribeiro,
Raimundo BrazFilho,
Ana Jérsia Araújo,
Letícia V. CostaLotufo,
Luciana G. S. Souza,
Hélio Vitoriano Nobre Júnior,
Cecília Rocha da Silva,
João Batista de Andrade Neto,
Edilberto R. Silveira,
Mary Anne Sousa Lima
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the brazilian chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1678-4790
pISSN - 0103-5053
DOI - 10.5935/0103-5053.20160109
Subject(s) - chemistry
Four new epimeric spirostanol and furostanol-type steroidal saponins, (25R,S)-5α-spirostan2α,3β-diol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranoside, (25R,S)-5α-spirostan-2α,3β-diol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)β-D-galactopyranoside, 26-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(25R,S)-5α-furost-20-ene,2α,3β-diol 3-O-β-Dgalactopyranoside and 26-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(25R,S)-5α-furost-20-ene,2α,3β-diol 3-O-β-Dgalactopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranoside, in addition to the known (25R,S)-5α-spirostan2α,3β-diol 3-O-β-D-galactopyranoside, were isolated from Cestrum laevigatum. Compounds were submitted to cytotoxic activity assays using colorectal adenocarcinoma (HCT-116), human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60), ovarian carcinoma (OVCAR-8), glioma (SF-295) human cancer cell lines, and the antimicrobial activity was evaluated against Candida parapsilosis, C. albicans, C. krusei, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis.
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