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Three new prenylated stilbenes, named as cajanusins A-C (1-3), and one new natural product cajanusin D (4), along with six known derivatives (5-10) were isolated from the leaves of Cajanus cajan. Their structures were fully elucidated by means of extensive spectroscopic methods and comparison with data in the reported literatures. The new compounds of 1 and 2 were evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic activities against a panel of human cancer cell lines.
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Objective To investigate the effect of Wulong Xiaozheng Pill (WXP) on the migration and invasion of human gastric cancer cell-line BGC-823 and its mechanism. Methods WXP, IGF-1, and LY294002 were added on BGC-823 cells. Then the inhibitory effect of WXP was detected by MTT assay. Transwell assay was performed to determine the migration and invasion capacity of on BGC-823 cells. Expressions of VEGF, MMP-2, and MMP-9 were detected by ELISA, while the expressions of related proteins and mRNA in PI3K/NF-κB signaling pathway were detected by Western blotting and RT-PCR. Results WXP can inhibit the proliferation, adhesion, invasion, and migration of BGC-823 cells. In addition, WXP inhibited the expression of VEGF, MMP-2 and MMP-9 protein in BGC-823 cells. WXP significantly inhibited the expression of p-PI3K, p-Akt, p-IKK-a, and p-NF-κB p65Ser 276 proteins, PI3K, Akt, IKKa, and NF-κB mRNA, which showed a time-dependent and dose-dependent manner. Conclusion WXP inhibit the capacity, migration and invasion of BGC-823 cells by blocking PI3K/NF-κB signaling pathway.
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Two new naphthalenone compounds were isolated from green walnut husks of Juglans mandshurica and their structures were identified as 4-butoxybutoxy-5,8-dihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-naphthalen-1-one (1), 4-ethoxyethoxy-5,8-dihydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-naphthalen-1-one (2). Compounds 1 and 2 were named as Juglanstetralone A (1) and Juglanstetralone B (2). Compound 1 showed more significant anti-tumor activity than 2 against gastric cancer BGC-823 cells, wih the IC50 of 125.89 (g(mL(-1).