Isoquinoline Alkaloids from Erythrinapoeppigiana (Leguminosae) and Cytotoxic Activity Against Breast Cancer Cells Line MCF-7 In Silico

Abstract

Erythrinapoeppigiana(Leguminosae) is a higher plant that has been used as a folk for the treatment of infection, fever, and inflammation. In the course of our continuing search for novel cytotoxic compounds from genus Erythrina, the methanol extract of E. poeppigiana showed a significant cytotoxic activity against breast cancer cells line MCF-7 in silico. The compounds in methanol extract of the E. poeppigiana was separated using a bioassay-guided fractionation. By using a cytotoxic activity to follow separation, the methylene chloride was separated by several column chromatography techniques on silica gel and ODS to yield three active compounds (1-3). The chemical structures of active compounds were determined on the basis of spectroscopic evidence and comparison with those identical compounds that previously reported and identified as a 10,11-dihydroxyerysodine (1) 6,7-dihydro-17-hydroxyerysotrine (2) 6,7-dihydro-11-methoxyerysotrine (3). Compounds (1-3) showed cytotoxic activity inhibits EGFR 2 against breast cancer cell line MCF-7 in silico molecular docking method with bond Gibbs free energy (ΔG) (kcal/mol) and inhibition constants (Ki) (nM) of value (−8.61121, 4.84×10−7); (−8.1145, 1.12×10−6); and (−7.3394, 4.14×10−6), respectively.