Cytotoxic prenylated flavonoids from the stem bark of Maackia amurensis.
Five new prenylated flavonoids, maackiaflavanone A (1) maackiaflavanone B (2) maackiapentone (3) maackiapterocarpan A (4) maackiapterocarpan B (5) along with eleven known flavonoids were isolated from the stem bark of Maackia amurensis. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. The cytotoxicities of compounds 1 4, 6, 8 12 and 14 16 against four human cancer cell lines, A375S2, HeLa, MCF 7 and HepG2, were tested by the 3 (4,5 dimethylthiazol 2 yl) 2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) method. Among the compounds tested, compound 2 showed the strongest cytotoxic activity with IC(50) value of 7.8 microM against A375S2 and euchrenone b(1) showed the most potent cytotoxicity with IC(50) value of 4.5 microM against HeLa.
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