Cytotoxic isoprenylated flavonoids from the roots of sophora flavescens.
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2004
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Helvetica Chimica Acta
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Three new flavonoids, which are isoprenylated by fused 2,2-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran moieties, were isolated from the roots of Sophora flavescens and named flavenochromanes A–C (1–3). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, including 2D-NMR techniques. Flavenochromane C (3) showed strong cytotoxic activity against A549 (lung carcinoma), 1A9 (ovarian carcinoma), KB (epidermoid carcinoma of the nasopharynx), and KB-Vin (drug-resistant variant KB) cell lines with IC50 values ≤1.7 μM, and significant activity against the MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma) cell line with an IC50 value of 3.6 μM. Flavenochromane B (2) displayed slightly lower inhibitory effects (IC50 3.2–6.9 μM) as compared with 3.
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Ding, P., Chen, D., Bastow, K.F., Nyarko, A.K., Wang, X., & Lee, K. (2004). Cytotoxic isoprenylated flavonoids from the roots of sophora flavescens. Helvetica Chimica Acta, 87(10), 2574-2580.