Molecules 2012, 17(8), 9506-9519; doi:10.3390/molecules17089506
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Cytotoxic Podophyllotoxin Type-Lignans from the Steam Bark of Bursera fagaroides var. fagaroides

Andrés M. Rojas-Sepúlveda 1 email, Mario Mendieta-Serrano 2 email, Mayra Y. Antúnez Mojica 1 email, Enrique Salas-Vidal 2 email, Silvia Marquina 1 email, María Luisa Villarreal 3 email, Ana María Puebla 4 email, Jorge I. Delgado 4 email and Laura Alvarez 1,* email
1 Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, Mexico 2 Departamento de Fisiología Molecular y Genética del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62250, Mexico 3 Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, Mexico 4 Departamento de Farmacobiología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingeniería, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco 44430, Mexico
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Received: 28 June 2012; in revised form: 3 August 2012 / Accepted: 3 August 2012 / Published: 9 August 2012
(This article belongs to the Section Natural Products)
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Abstract: The hydroalcoholic extract of the steam bark of B. fagaroides var. fagaroides displayed potent cytotoxic activity against four cancer cell lines, namely KB (ED50 = 9.6 × 10−2 μg/mL), PC-3 (ED50 = 2.5 × 10−1 μg/mL), MCF-7 (ED50 = 6.6 μg/mL), and HF-6 (ED50 = 7.1 × 10−3 μg/mL). This extract also showed anti-tumour activity when assayed on mice inoculated with L5178Y lymphoma cells. Bioactivity-directed isolation of this extract, afforded seven podophyllotoxin-type lignans identified as podophyllotoxin (1), β-peltatin-A-methylether (2), 5′-desmethoxy-β-peltatin-A-methylether (3), desmethoxy-yatein (4), desoxypodophyllotoxin (5), burseranin (6), and acetyl podophyllotoxin (7) by 1D and 2DNMR and FAB-MS analyses, and comparison with reported values. All the isolated compounds showed potent cytotoxic activity in the cell lines tested, especially compound 3, which exhibited greater activity than camptothecin and podophyllotoxin against PC-3 (ED50 = 1.0 × 10−5 μg/mL), and KB (ED50 = 1.0 × 10−5 μg/mL). This is the first report of the isolation of podophyllotoxin and its acetate in a Bursera species.
Keywords: Bursera fagaroides var. fagaroides; lignans; podophyllotoxin; cytotoxic activity; antitumoral

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Rojas-Sepúlveda, A.M.; Mendieta-Serrano, M.; Mojica, M.Y.A.; Salas-Vidal, E.; Marquina, S.; Villarreal, M.L.; Puebla, A.M.; Delgado, J.I.; Alvarez, L. Cytotoxic Podophyllotoxin Type-Lignans from the Steam Bark of Bursera fagaroides var. fagaroides. Molecules 2012, 17, 9506-9519.

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Rojas-Sepúlveda AM, Mendieta-Serrano M, Mojica MYA, Salas-Vidal E, Marquina S, Villarreal ML, Puebla AM, Delgado JI, Alvarez L. Cytotoxic Podophyllotoxin Type-Lignans from the Steam Bark of Bursera fagaroides var. fagaroides. Molecules. 2012; 17(8):9506-9519.

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Rojas-Sepúlveda, Andrés M.; Mendieta-Serrano, Mario; Mojica, Mayra Y. Antúnez; Salas-Vidal, Enrique; Marquina, Silvia; Villarreal, María Luisa; Puebla, Ana María; Delgado, Jorge I.; Alvarez, Laura. 2012. "Cytotoxic Podophyllotoxin Type-Lignans from the Steam Bark of Bursera fagaroides var. fagaroides." Molecules 17, no. 8: 9506-9519.

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