Gigantetronenin and gigantrionenin: novel cytotoxic acetogenins from Goniothalamus giganteus

J Nat Prod. 1992 Nov;55(11):1655-63. doi: 10.1021/np50089a015.

Abstract

Gigantetronenin [1] and gigantrionenin [6], two new monotetrahydrofuran Annonaceous acetogenins each possessing a double bond along the hydrocarbon chain, have been isolated from the bark of Goniothalamus giganteus by the use of brine shrimp lethality for bioactivity-directed fractionation. The structures were elucidated based on spectroscopic and chemical methods. Compounds 1 and 6 both show selective and potent cytotoxicities to human tumor cells in culture as well as toxicity to brine shrimp. A known cytotoxic acetogenin, annomontacin [11], was also isolated from this plant. The biogenetic pathway of the acetogenins from G. giganteus is discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / toxicity
  • Artemia
  • Furans / chemical synthesis*
  • Furans / pharmacology
  • Furans / toxicity
  • Humans
  • Lactones / chemical synthesis*
  • Lactones / pharmacology
  • Lactones / toxicity
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Furans
  • Lactones
  • gigantetronenin