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  2. Antitumor agents. 233. Lantalucratins A-F, new cytotoxic naphthoquinones from Lantana involucrata

Antitumor agents. 233. Lantalucratins A-F, new cytotoxic naphthoquinones from Lantana involucrata

  • J Nat Prod. 2004 Jun;67(6):990-3. doi: 10.1021/np030450f.
Ken-ichiro Hayashi 1 Fang-Rong Chang Yuka Nakanishi Kenneth F Bastow Gordon Cragg Andrew T McPhail Hiroshi Nozaki Kuo-Hsiung Lee
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Affiliation

  • 1 Natural Products Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Abstract

In a continuing study to isolate novel antitumor agents from rainforest Plants, three new isopropenylfurano-beta-naphthoquinones, designated lantalucratins A (1), B (2), and C (3), and three new isoprenyl-alpha-naphthoquinones, designated lantalucratins D (4), E (5), and F (6), were isolated from Lantana involucrata. Their structures were determined on the basis of NMR and X-ray crystallographic analyses. Compounds 1 and 2 showed cytotoxic activities against various human tumor cell lines, including drug-resistant variants, with IC50 values of 1.0-4.9 microM.

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