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Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Myrrha and their antitumor activities. Methods: The constituents were isolated and purified by recrystallization, and open silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, ODS column chromatography, as well as preparative HPLC. The structures were elucidated based on the chemical and spectroscopic methods. Furthermore, the cytotoxicities of these chemical components against PC-3 cell lines were measured by MTT method. Results: Eleven compounds were obtained from the chloroform extract of myrrh, and were established as (4α,11α)-2-oxo-8,11-dihydroxycadina-1(6),7,9-trien-12-oic acid γ-lactone (1), (4α,11β)-2-oxo-8,11-dihydroxycadina-1(6),7,9-trien-12-oic acid γ-lactone (2), dihydropyrocurzerenone (3), orientalol E (4), guaianediol (5), cryptomeridiol (6), cycloartane-1α,2α,3β,25-tetrol (7), cycloartan-24-ene-1α,2α,3β-triol (8), cycloartan-24-ene-1α,3β-diol (9), 29-norlanost-8,24-dien-1α,2α,3β-triol (10), and octadecane-1,2S,3S,4R-tetrol-1-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (11). Conclusion: Compounds 1 and 2 are two new compounds named as (+)-myrrhalactone A and (-)-myrrhalactone A, respectively. Compounds 4 and 6 are isolated from the genus Commiphora Engl. for the first time. Compounds 8, 10, and 11 show moderate cyctotoxic activity against PC-3 cell lines.
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To investigate the chemical constituents in the stems of Neocinnamomum delavayi. The compounds were isolated by silica gel, MCI gel, RP-18, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies and semi-preparative HPLC, and the structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis. Seventeen compounds were isolated from the 80% EtOH extract in the stems of N. delavayi, including four phenolic glucosides, three lignans, six sesquiterpenoids, three flavonoids, and one sterol. They were identified as 6-O-syringoyl-1-O-vanilloyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), 6-O-acetyl-1-O-(3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl)-β-D-glucopyra-noside (2), 1, 6-di-O-syringoyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (3), 3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl-6-O-syringoyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (4), lirioresinol B dimethyl ether (5), sesartemin (6), (+)-9'-O-(E)-feruloyl-5, 5'-dimethoxylariciresinol (7), oplodiol (8), cryptomeridiol (9), 4-epicryptomeridiol (10), 7α, 11-dihydroxy-cadin-10 (14)-ene (11), (-)-clovane-2, 9-diol (12), phaseic acid (13), catechin (14), epicatechin (15), trans-dihydroquercetin (16), and (24S)-24-ethylcholsta-3β, 5α, 6β-triol (17). Compounds 1 and 2 are two new phenolic glucosides named neocinnamosides A and B, respectively, while compounds 3-17 are isolated from the plants of genus Neocinnamomum Liou for the first time.