{"title":"Plant antitumor agents. XVI. 6alpha-Senecioyloxy-chaparrinone, a new antileukemic quassinoid from Simaba multiflora.","authors":"M C Wani, H L Taylor, J B Thompson, M E Wall","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fractionation of Simaba multiflora A. Juss. guided by bioassay has resulted in the isolation of a new antileukemic quassinoid 6alpha-senecioyloxychaparrinone (2) and the previously reported quassinoid chaparrinone (3). The structure of the former has been established by spectral and chemical methods. Compound 2 has high anti-neoplastic activity against several mouse leukemia systems (P-388, L-1210 and in solid-tumor B-16 melanoma). This demonstrates for the first time that the presence of a C-15 ester function is not required for antineoplastic activity in the quassinoids.</p>","PeriodicalId":18256,"journal":{"name":"Lloydia","volume":"41 6","pages":"578-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1978-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Lloydia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Fractionation of Simaba multiflora A. Juss. guided by bioassay has resulted in the isolation of a new antileukemic quassinoid 6alpha-senecioyloxychaparrinone (2) and the previously reported quassinoid chaparrinone (3). The structure of the former has been established by spectral and chemical methods. Compound 2 has high anti-neoplastic activity against several mouse leukemia systems (P-388, L-1210 and in solid-tumor B-16 melanoma). This demonstrates for the first time that the presence of a C-15 ester function is not required for antineoplastic activity in the quassinoids.