A new chalcone named as balanochalcone (1) together with eight known compounds, methyl caffeate (2), β-hydroxydihydrochalcone (3), methyl gallate (4), dimethyl-6,9,10-trihydroxybenzo[kl]xanthene-1,2-dicarboxylate (5), p-coumaric acid (6), quercetin (7), scopoletin (8) and pinoresinol (9) have been isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of Vietnamese Balanophora laxiflora Hemsl. Their structures were characterised by IR, UV, HR-ESI-MS, 1D and 2D NMR and CD spectroscopies. Compounds 2 and 5 showed moderate cytotoxicity against four cancer cell lines, KB (a human epidermal carcinoma), MCF7 (human breast carcinoma), SK-LU-1 (human lung carcinoma) and HepG2 (hepatocellular carcinoma). In addition, compounds 1 and 5 showed moderate antioxidant activity.
Three new phenanthrenes, stemophenanthrenes A-C (1-3), along with one new stilbenoid, isopinosylvin A (4) and a known compound methyl ferulate (5), were isolated and identified from the roots of Stemona tuberosa Lour. plants, collected in Attapu province (Laos). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis (FT-ICR-MS, IR, UV, 1D and 2D NMR). These compounds show moderate cytotoxic activity against four cancer cell lines, KB (a human epidermal carcinoma), MCF7 (human breast carcinoma), SK-LU-1 (human lung carcinoma) and HepG2 (hepatocellular carcinoma).
From the ethyl acetate extract of the seeds of Vietnamese Cnidium monnieri L., three coumarins, osthole (1), xanthotoxin (2), imperatorin (3) and a sterol, daucosterol (4) have been purified. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis. Furthermore, 8-(3-hidroxy-3-methylbutyl)-7-methoxycoumarin (5) was synthesised from osthole (1) with a good yield (80%). In addition, compound 1 and its synthesis product (5) show moderate and non-selective cytotoxic activities against four cancer cells, KB (a human epidermal carcinoma), MCF7 (human breast carcinoma), SK-LU-1 (human lung carcinoma) and HepG2 (hepatocellular carcinoma).
Two new phenylbenzofuran-type stilbenoids named stemofurans X and Y (1, 2) were isolated from the roots of Stemona pierrei and S. tuberosa, respectively, together with ten known compounds. These compounds were stemanthrenes B-C (3, 4), (+)-syringaresinol (5), maistemonine (6), isomaistemonine (7) and sesamin (8) from S. pierrei, and stemophenanthrenes A-C (9-11) and isopinosylvin A (12) from S. tuberosa. Stemofurans X-Y (1, 2) showed moderate cytotoxicity against the four cancer cell lines KB (human epidermal carcinoma), MCF7 (human breast carcinoma), SK-LU-1 (human lung carcinoma), and Hep-G2 (hepatocellular carcinoma).
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