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Structure and estrogenic activity of new lignans from Iryanthera lancifolia

  • Dulce Mesa-Siverio
  • , Rubén P. Machín
  • , Ana Estévez-Braun
  • , Ángel G. Ravelo
  • , Olga Lock De Ugaz
  • Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González
  • Hospital Universitario Nuestra Senora de Candelaria
  • ICIC - Instituto Canario de Investigación del Cáncer
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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Abstract

Five new dibenzylbutane type lignans (1-5) were isolated from the stem bark of Iryanthera lancifolia. Their structures were determined by extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic studies and chemical evidence. Seventeen of the isolated compounds were tested for their estrogenic activities in the estrogen responsive human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 BUS using the E-Screen proliferation assay. Cell proliferation was evaluated by the SRB assay to calculate the estrogenic parameters. The majority of the compounds induced a mitogenic response. This effect, given as Relative Proliferative Effect (RPE) to reference estrogen 17β-estradiol (E2), ranged between 14% and 84%. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)3387-3394
Number of pages8
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
Volume16
StatePublished - 15 Mar 2008
Externally publishedYes

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