Chemical investigation of the twigs of Cryptocarya impressinervia yielded 23 known compounds including 8 lignans, 3 phenylpropionates, 1 xanthone, 3 flavonoids, 1 phenylpropanoid, 1 substitued phenol, 1 triterpenoid, 3 sterols and 2 aliphatic compounds. All the compounds was isolated from C. impressinervia for the first time. 9,9'-O-Di-feruloyl-(-)-secoisolariciresinol (1) displayed significant cytotoxic activities on five human cancer cell lines (HL-60, SMMC-7721, A-549, MCF-7 and SW-480), with IC 50 values of 3.58, 4.55, 6.39, 5.09 and 4.80 μM, respectively. Rhusemialin A (2) showed significant activity against HL-60 with IC 50 of 3.69 μM. Dihydrosinapyl ferulate (3) displayed moderate cytotoxic activities against five tested human cancer cell lines.To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the constituents of C. impressinervia and cytotoxic activities of compounds 1-3 on the tested cancer cell lines.
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