Two new oleanane-type triterpenes isolated from Japanese post-fermented tea produced by anaerobic microbial fermentation.

Four triterpenes were isolated from a traditional Japanese tea product produced by anaerobic microbial fermentation of heated green tea leaves (Camellia sinensis). Two of the compounds were novel and characterized by spectroscopic investigation to be 13,26-epoxy-3ß,11α-dihydroxyolean-12-one and 3ß,11α,13ß-trihydroxyolean-12-one. Two known triterpenes were identified as taraxastane-3ß,20ß-diol and taraxastane-3ß,20α-diol. These triterpenes were not detected in the original green tea leaves.

Metastatic breast cancer to the uterine cervix mimicking a giant cervical leiomyoma.

Metastasis to the uterine cervix is a complication of breast cancer that is not commonly known. Detection of cervical metastasis before the diagnosis of the primary tumor is even rarer. The present report describes a case of a 52-year-old woman who had a large cervical tumor appearing as a leiomyoma. She underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Histopathological examination of the cervical tumor showed patterns characteristic of invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast, leading to the discovery of the primary in the left breast. She subsequently underwent mastectomy, hormone therapy and chemotherapy, and is alive at 7-year follow-up.