Chemical constituents from noni enzyme and their antitumor activities / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To study the chemical constituents of Noni enzyme (Morinda citrifolia L.) and their antitumor activities. METHODS: Compounds were isolated by various chromatographic techniques, including silica gel, TLC, sephadex LH-20, and semi-preparative HPLC, and their structures were identified by their physicochemical properties and 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR data. The in vitro antitumor activities of the isolated compounds were studied by MTT method. RESULTS: Sixteen compounds were isolated from Noni enzyme. They were xylogranatinin(1), pelargonic acid(2), 1,5,15-tri-O-methylmorindol(3), sesquipinsapol B(4), (+)-syringaresinol(5), pinonesinol(6), 3-methylhexahydropyrrolopyrazine-1,4-dione(7), (2S)-3′-hydroxybutan-2-yl-2-hydroxypropanoate (8), 3-(sec-butyl)-6-methylpiperazine-2,5-dione(9), cyclo-(L-Pro-L-Leu)(10), gentisic acid(11), vomifoliol(12), scopoletin(13), 3-(2-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl) propanoic acid(14), medioresinol(15), hydroxychavicol(16). CONCLUSION: Compounds 1-10, 12 and 14-16 are isolated from Noni enzyme for the first time. Compound 10 displays the stronger cytotoxicity against HepG2 and HeLa cells with an IC50 value of 23.73, 16.55 μg•mL-1. Compound 5 had a certain inhibitory activity against HeLa cells with an IC50 value of 47.12 μg•mL-1.