Isolation and structural modifications of ananixanthone from Calophyllum teysmannii and their cytotoxic activities

Kar Wei, Lee and Zamakshshari, Nor Hisam and Ee, Gwendoline Cheng Lian and Mah, Siau Hui and Mohd Nor, Siti Mariam (2017) Isolation and structural modifications of ananixanthone from Calophyllum teysmannii and their cytotoxic activities. Natural Product Research, 32 (18). pp. 2147-2151. ISSN 1478-6419

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Abstract

Two naturally occurring xanthones, ananixanthone (1) and β-mangostin (2), were isolated using column chromatographic method from the nhexane and methanol extracts of Calophyllum teysmannii, respectively. The major constituent, ananixanthone (1), was subjected to structural modifications via acetylation, methylation and benzylation yielding four new xanthone derivatives, ananixanthone monoacetate (3), ananixanthone diacetate (4), 5-methoxyananixanthone (5) and 5-Obenzylananixanthone (6). Compound 1 together with its four new derivatives were subjected to MTT assay against three cancer cell lines; SNU-1, K562 and LS174T. The results indicated that the parent compound has greater cytotoxicity capabilities against SNU-1 and K562 cell lines with IC50 values of 8.97 ± 0.11 and 2.96 ± 0.06 μg/mL, respectively. Compound 5 on the other hand exhibited better cytotoxicity against LS174T cell line with an IC50 value of 5.76 ± 1.07 μg/mL.

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