{"title":"Cytotoxic stilbenoid from the leaves and stems of Cassia nodosa","authors":"Qionghui Sun , Limei Yu , Changyan Shao , Chen Qing , Haji Akber Aisa , Rui Zhan , Yegao Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.bse.2025.105081","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>One new stilbene, <em>trans</em>-3,2′-dihydroxy-3′,4′,5-trimethoxy stilbene (<strong>1</strong>), together with seven known ones (<strong>2</strong>–<strong>8</strong>) were isolated from the leaves and stems of <em>Cassia nodosa</em> Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb (Fabaceae). The structure of the new compound was elucidated via analyses of NMR (1 D and 2 D) and HRESIMS data. To the best of our knowledge, all the known compounds were isolated from the genus <em>Cassia</em> for the first time. Cytotoxicity and anti-neuroinflammatory activities assay of the isolated compounds revealed that <strong>1</strong> exhibited significant cytotoxicity superior to the positive control cisplatin against MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cell lines. Furthermore, the chemotaxonomic significance of the isolates was also discussed, building upon our previous studies on flavonoids, anthraquinones, terpenoids, and flavan derivatives from <em>C. nodosa</em>, which collectively enrich the phytochemical profile of this species and support its classification within the genus <em>Cassia</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8799,"journal":{"name":"Biochemical Systematics and Ecology","volume":"123 ","pages":"Article 105081"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biochemical Systematics and Ecology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305197825001309","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
One new stilbene, trans-3,2′-dihydroxy-3′,4′,5-trimethoxy stilbene (1), together with seven known ones (2–8) were isolated from the leaves and stems of Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb (Fabaceae). The structure of the new compound was elucidated via analyses of NMR (1 D and 2 D) and HRESIMS data. To the best of our knowledge, all the known compounds were isolated from the genus Cassia for the first time. Cytotoxicity and anti-neuroinflammatory activities assay of the isolated compounds revealed that 1 exhibited significant cytotoxicity superior to the positive control cisplatin against MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cell lines. Furthermore, the chemotaxonomic significance of the isolates was also discussed, building upon our previous studies on flavonoids, anthraquinones, terpenoids, and flavan derivatives from C. nodosa, which collectively enrich the phytochemical profile of this species and support its classification within the genus Cassia.
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Biochemical Systematics and Ecology is devoted to the publication of original papers and reviews, both submitted and invited, in two subject areas: I) the application of biochemistry to problems relating to systematic biology of organisms (biochemical systematics); II) the role of biochemistry in interactions between organisms or between an organism and its environment (biochemical ecology).
In the Biochemical Systematics subject area, comparative studies of the distribution of (secondary) metabolites within a wider taxon (e.g. genus or family) are welcome. Comparative studies, encompassing multiple accessions of each of the taxa within their distribution are particularly encouraged. Welcome are also studies combining classical chemosystematic studies (such as comparative HPLC-MS or GC-MS investigations) with (macro-) molecular phylogenetic studies. Studies that involve the comparative use of compounds to help differentiate among species such as adulterants or substitutes that illustrate the applied use of chemosystematics are welcome. In contrast, studies solely employing macromolecular phylogenetic techniques (gene sequences, RAPD studies etc.) will be considered out of scope. Discouraged are manuscripts that report known or new compounds from a single source taxon without addressing a systematic hypothesis. Also considered out of scope are studies using outdated and hard to reproduce macromolecular techniques such as RAPDs in combination with standard chemosystematic techniques such as GC-FID and GC-MS.