L. Sandjo, V. Rincheval, B. Ngadjui
Dec 14, 2011
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Chemistry of Natural Compounds
Abstract
Two different oxidation reactions (PCC and KMnO4) of stigmasterol gave three products, stigmasta-4,22-dien-3-one (1a), stigmasta-4,22-diene-3,6-dione (1b), and 3-O-acetyl-5β,6β-epoxystigmast-22-ene-3-ol (1c). The cytotoxic activities of hemisynthetic compounds, stigmasterol, and four pentacyclic triterpens 2–5 previously isolated from cultivated and wild Triumfetta cordifolia and identified were investigated against human fibrosarcoma cell line (HT1080). Most of the drugs showed moderate cytotoxic activity. It was also notice that the triterpene skeleton had a range of number of OH functions in which activity was observed. Spectroscopic analyses (1H and 13 C NMR) and mass were used to elucidate the structure of hemisynthetic compounds.