Four new steroidal glycosides from Lilium lancifolium Thunb. and their antitumor activity.

Four new steroidal glycosides (1-4), including two steroidal saponins named lililancifoloside B and C (1-2), one pregnane glycoside named lililancifoloside D (3), and one C22-steroidal lactone glycoside named lililancifoloside E (4), together with five known ones (5-9), were isolated from the bulbs of Lilium lancifolium Thunb. By using spectroscopic analysis, including 1D, 2D NMR, and HR-ESI-MS, the structures of 1-4 were elucidated. All isolates were tested for their cytotoxic potential against the MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, HepG2, and A549 cell lines. Compound 6 distinguished out among them, IC50 values of 3.31, 5.23, 1.78, and 1.49 µM against the four cell lines, respectively. Other compounds such as compound 3, 5, and 9 have also shown specific cytotoxic activity. Next, studies showed that compound 6 might cause HepG2 cells to undergo a cell cycle arrest during the G2/M phase and apoptosis.

[Fluorescence Properties and the Detection of Nitrobenzene of Lanthanides Complex with 3,4-Thiophenedicarboxylic Acid and 1,10 Phenanthroline].

3,4-thiophenedicarboxylic acid (3,4-H2tdc) as the first ligand, 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) as the auxiliary ligand, three complexes Ln2(Htdc)2(tdc)2(phen)2(H2O)4(Ln=Eu 1, Gd 2, Tb 3) were synthesized with hydrothermal method. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that complexes 1-3 were isostructural crystallize and both of complexes are binuclear molecules. In the complexes 1-3, the coordination number is nine. Each metal is bound to two 3, 4-tdc ligand, one 3,4-Htdc ligand, one phen and two water molecule. Complexes 1 and 3 display the red and green light under UV lamp, corresponding the characteristic peaks from 619 nm (5D0→7F2) and 545 nm (5D4→7F5). Complex 2 expresses a broad band at 425 nm is attributed to π*→π transition. Furthermore, under the excitation wavelength of 329 nm, the effects of different solvents on complex 1 was discussed and complex 1 could be a potential luminescent probe for detecting nitrobenzene through fluorescence quenching mechanism.