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Article history: Phytochemical investigation of the EtOAc and MeOH extracts from flowers of Getonia floribunda Roxb., a
Received 17 October 2014 Thai herbal medicine, resulted in the isolation of two new flavonols, 40 -hydroxy-6,7,8,30 -tetramethoxy-
Received in revised form 1 February 2015 flavonol (1) and 40 -hydroxy-6,7,8-trimethoxyflavonol (2), along with a known pachypodol (3). Their
Accepted 4 February 2015
structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods including UV, IR, 1D and 2D NMR techniques and
Available online 16 February 2015
MS analysis. Compound 1 showed cytotoxicity against the oral cavity cancer (KB) cell line with an IC50
value of 8.99 2.00 mg/ml.
Keywords:
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Getonia floribunda Roxb.
Flavonol
Oral cavity cancer
Cytotoxicity
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2015.02.004
1874-3900/ß 2015 Phytochemical Society of Europe. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
K. Suttaratrungse et al. / Phytochemistry Letters 11 (2015) 316–319 317
4' OH OH OH OH
OMe 1 OMe OMe
B 3'
MeO 7 9 O 2 MeO O MeO O MeO O
1' R OMe OMe OMe
A C 2'
3
MeO 6 10 OH OMe MeO OH MeO OH
5 4
O OH O O O
Table 1
1
H and 13C NMR (400 and 100 MHz) and HMBC data of compounds 1 and 2 (d in ppm, J in Hz).
Position 1a 2b
dC dH HMBC dC dH HMBC
2 156.1 157.9
3 152.9 152.8
4 179.0 179.6
5 90.5 6.49 s 4, 6, 7, 9, 10 91.4 6.61 s 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
6 158.9 159.6
7 132.5 132.7
8 138.8 139.0
9 152.4 153.2
10 106.7 106.9
10 122.5 121.9
20 111.1 7.69 d (1.4) 2, 10 , 30 , 40 , 60 130.9 7.99 d (8.8) 2, 40 , 60
30 146.6 116.2 6.93 d (8.8) 10 , 40 , 50
40 148.5 160.9
50 114.8 7.03 d (8.4) 10 , 30 , 40 , 60 116.2 6.93 d (8.8) 10 , 30 , 40
60 122.7 7.65 dd (8.4, 1.4) 2, 20 , 40 130.9 7.99 d (8.8) 2, 20 , 40
6-OMe 56.5 3.95 s 6 56.8 3.95 s 6
7-OMe 61.0 3.91 s 7 61.2 3.86 s 7
8-OMe 60.3 3.85 s 8 60.5 3.77 s 8
30 -OMe 56.3 3.98 s 30 , 40
a
Recorded in CDCl3.
b
Recorded in a mixture of CD3OD and CDCl3.
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PF254. TLC was performed on precoated MERCK silica gel 60 PF254; standard compound dihydroartemisinin exhibited an IC50 value of
spots were visualized under UV light (254 and 366 nm) and further 2.0 nM and the maximum final concentration of the tested sample
by spraying with anisaldehyde and then heating until charred. for antimalarial activity was 10 mg/ml.
The flowers of G. floribunda were collected from Phu Dong Ee- Antimycobacterial activity was assessed against Mycobacterium
Pia forest, Ubonratana district, Khon Kaen, Thailand, in March tuberculosis H37Ra using the Microplate Alamar Blue Assay
2012. The plant was identified by Professor James F. Maxwell, (MABA) according to Collins and Franzblau (1997). The standard
Chiang Mai University, Thailand. A voucher specimen (SRITUBTIM drug isoniazid showed MIC value of 0.047 mg/ml and the highest
42) was deposited at the Udon Thani Rajabhat Universtiy test concentration for anti TB was 50 mg/ml.
Herbarium, Udon Thani, Thailand.
3.6. Antioxidant assay
3.3. Extraction and isolation
Antioxidant activity was determined by the scavenging effect
Air-dried flowers of G. floribunda (150 g) were ground and on DPPH radicals. This method was adapted from that of Bonina
extracted successively with EtOAc (3 1.5 l) and MeOH (3 1.5 l). et al. (2000). Basically, the isolated compounds were added into
Removal of solvents from each extract under reduced pressure methanol solution of DPPH. After thorough mixing, the solutions
gave crude EtOAc (3.93 g) and MeOH (5.37 g) extracts, respective- were kept in the dark for 30 min. Thereafter, the absorbency of the
ly. The EtOAc extract was subjected to silica gel flash column samples was measured using a spectrophotometer (UV-2450,
chromatography (FCC), eluted with a gradient system of EtOAc/ Shimadzu) at 517 nm. Each sample was duplicated in the test, and
hexane (0–100%) and MeOH/EtOAc (5–100%) to give 10 fractions as the values were averaged. For the determination of IC50, each of the
E1–E10. Fraction E8 (0.6477 g) was separated by CC on silica gel, purified compounds was made into eight different concentrations
eluted with CH2Cl2/hexane (40%), to give 5 subfractions, E8.1-E8.5. for DPPH tests. Standard gallic acid showed an IC50 value of 7.0 mg/
Subfraction E8.3 (322.8 mg) was chromatographed on silica gel ml and the maximum final concentration of the tested sample was
column, eluted with EtOAc/hexane (50%), to give 7 subfractions, 200 mg/ml.
E8.3.1-E8.3.7. Then subfraction E8.3.1 (69.4 mg) was purified by
Sephadex LH-20 column using MeOH as solvent to give a pale 3.7. Cytotoxicity assay
yellow powder of compound 1 (26.9 mg). Purification of subfrac-
tion E8.4 (251.2 mg) by silica gel CC and using MeOH/CH2Cl2 (99%) Cytotoxicity assays using human oral cavity cancer (KB), human
as eluent gave a pale yellow powder of compound 2 (21.3 g). breast cancer (MCF7), and human small cell lung cancer (NCI-
Fraction E6 (651.70 mg) was purified by silica gel CC, eluted with H187) cell lines were performed employing the colorimetric
acetone/hexane (10%), to afford a yellow solid of pachypodol (3) method described by Skehan et al. (1990). The reference substance,
(2.80 mg). The MeOH extract was subjected to FCC on silica gel, doxorubicin, showed cytotoxicity against the KB, MCF7 and NCI-
eluted with gradient solvent system of MeOH/EtOAc, to give H187 with IC50 values of 0.633 0.352, 8.74 and 0.099 mg/ml,
19 fractions, M1–M19. Fraction M4 (111.0 mg) was purified by respectively. The maximum final concentration of tested sample for
preparative TLC using EtOAc/CH2Cl2 (2%) as developing solvent to cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines was 50 mg/ml.
afford an additional amount of 2 (17.5 mg). Fraction M5 (19.7 mg)
was separated by preparative TLC using EtOAc/CH2Cl2 (50%) as Acknowledgements
eluent and further purified by preparative TLC using n-BuOH/
CH2Cl2 (99%) as developing solvent to obtain an additional amount We thank the Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry
of 1 (4.3 mg). (PERCH-CIC), Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry
of Education, for partial support. We are indebted to the Bioassay
3.3.1. 40 -hydroxy-6,7,8,30 -tetramethoxyflavonol (1) Research Facility of the National Centre for Genetic Engineering
Pale yellow powder; UV (MeOH) lmax (log e) 226 (4.31), 350 and Biotechnology via the Bioresource Research Network (BRN) for
(4.39) nm; IR (KBr) nmax 3419, 2939, 1657, 1591, 1515, 1461, 1354, bioactivity tests.
1273, 1218 cm1; 1H and 13C NMR data see Table 1; HRESIMS m/z
397.0983 [M+Na]+ (calcd. for C19H18O8Na, 397.0899)
Appendix A. Supplementary data
3.3.2. 40 -hydroxy-6,7,8-trimethoxyflavonol (2)
Pale yellow powder; UV (MeOH) lmax (log e) 227 (3.15), 341 Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, in
(3.43) nm; IR (KBr) nmax 3144, 2925, 2853, 1733, 1647, the online version, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2015.02.004.
1595,1462,1437, 1355 cm1; 1H and 13C NMR data see Table 1;
HRESIMS m/z 367.0769 [M+Na]+ (calcd. for C18H16O7Na, References
367.0794).
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