Phenolic compounds from Eucalyptus gomphocephala with potential cytotoxic and antioxidant activities

Nat Prod Commun. 2010 Oct;5(10):1639-42.

Abstract

Two new phenolic compounds, 2,4,6-trihydroxy-5-methyl-acetophenone 2-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3), and benzyl alcohol 7-O-(3',4',6'-tri-O-galloyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside (8), together with eight known phenolic compounds, were isolated from the 70% aqueous acetone extract of Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC. (Myrtaceae). The isolated compounds were elucidated based on their 1H, 13C, DQF-COSY, selective 1D-TOCSY, HSQC, and HMBC NMR spectroscopic and ESI-MS data. The antioxidant effect of the phenolic compounds was tested using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), hydroxyl radical and super oxide anion radical scavenging assays. The cytotoxicity of the isolated compounds was evaluated using HeLa cell line.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetophenones / chemistry
  • Acetophenones / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Eucalyptus / chemistry*
  • Free Radical Scavengers / chemistry
  • Free Radical Scavengers / isolation & purification*
  • Gallic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Gallic Acid / chemistry
  • Gallic Acid / isolation & purification
  • Glucosides / chemistry
  • Glucosides / isolation & purification*
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Phenols / isolation & purification*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry

Substances

  • 2,4,6-trihydroxy-5-methylacetophenone 2-O-glucopyranoside
  • Acetophenones
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Glucosides
  • Phenols
  • Plant Extracts
  • benzyl alcohol 7-O-(3',4',6'-tri-O-galloyl)glucopyranoside
  • Gallic Acid