A new aromadendrane sesquiterpene, allo-aromadendrane-10alpha, 14-diol (3), was isolated from Chisocheton penduliflorus (Meliaceae), along with two known sesquiterpenes: allo-aromadendrane-10beta, 14-diol (2) and allo-aromadendrane-10beta, 13, 14-triol (7). Six dammarane triterpenoids, including cabraleadiol (1), eichlerialactone (4), cabraleahydroxylactone (5), cabralealactone (6), hollongdione (8) and dammaradienone (9), the coumarins scoparone and scopoletin, and vanillic acid were also isolated from the wood and leaves of this plant. Compounds 1-7 displayed antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Compounds 1, 4, 5 and 6 were weakly cytotoxic to a breast cancer (BC) cell line; whereas, compound 6 was moderately active against a small-cell lung cancer (NCI-H187) cell line.
A new natural C-benzylated chalcone, 2',4'-dihydroxy-3'-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-6'-methoxychalcone (2), along with two other flavonoids, tiliroside and kaempferol 3-O-rutinoside, and an oxoaporphine alkaloid, lanuginosine were isolated from the aerial parts of Ellipeiopsis cherrevensis (Annonaceae). Two known polyoxygenated cyclohexene derivatives, ferrudiol and zeylenol, and a new analog, ellipeiopsol D, were also isolated. The chalcone 2 exhibited cytotoxic activity against human small-cell lung-cancer (NCI-H187), epidermoid carcinoma (KB) and breast cancer (BC) cell lines with IC50 values of 1.40, 5.31 and 13.92 microg/mL, respectively. This compound also showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with an IC50 value of 7.1 microg/mL as well as antimicrobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a MIC of 25 mg/mL.
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