Abstract
Investigation of the South African plant Urginea depressa Baker (Asparagaceae Juss.) for antiproliferative activity against the A2780 ovarian cancer cell line led to the isolation of the six new homoisoflavonoids urgineanins A-F (1-6), the two known bufatrienolides 7 and 9, and the new bufatrienolides urginins B and C (8 and 10). Structures were elucidated based on analysis of their 1D and 2D NMR spectra, electronic circular dichroism, and mass spectrometric data. Five of the six new homoisoflavonoids had good antiproliferative activity against the A2780 ovarian cancer, A2058 melanoma, and H522-T1 human non-small-cell lung cancer cells, and urgineanin A (1) had submicromolar activity against all three cell lines. The four bufatrienolides 7-10 had strong antiproliferative activity against the same cell line, with IC50 values of 24.1, 11.2, 111, and 40.6 nM, respectively.
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