Ihtiel Benítez-Cortés , Jaime Escalante , Gabriel Navarrete-Vazquez , Leticia González-Maya , Maria Yolanda Rios
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Abstract
Machaerium isadelphum is a species traditionally used in Mexican medicine for the treatment of cancer. In this study, compounds 1–6, isolated from this natural source, are evaluated as potential cytotoxic agents against PC-3 (prostate cancer) and H1299 (lung cancer) cancer‐derived cells. The purification process also led to the isolation of three minor compounds with previously unreported structures (compounds 7–9). The structures of 7–9 are elucidated through the analysis of their spectroscopic and spectrometric data, including 1D and 2D-NMR. Machaeriol A (4) and machaeridiol A (6) exhibited the highest cytotoxic activity. Their structure-activity relationship was further explored by semi-synthesizing nine derivatives (compounds 10–18), which involved homologue alkylation of the hydroxyl groups and modifications to the double bond in the stilbene and monoterpene regions. The cytotoxic activity of these derivatives was compared to that of the natural products 4–6 and 9, revealing that both hydrogenation of the double bonds and its isomerization to the cis form enhanced activity. Compounds 6, 16, and 18 emerged as promising cytotoxic agents.
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Tetrahedron publishes full accounts of research having outstanding significance in the broad field of organic chemistry and its related disciplines, such as organic materials and bio-organic chemistry.
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