Gillet, Marie-Claire[Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Histologie - Cytologie - Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques >]
[en] Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/chemistry/isolation & purification/pharmacology ; Cell Line ; Croton/chemistry ; Diterpenes/chemistry/isolation & purification/pharmacology ; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor ; Hela Cells ; Humans ; Molecular Structure ; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular ; Plant Leaves/chemistry
[en] The dichloromethane extract of leaves of Croton Zambesicus (Euphorbiaceae) showing in vitro cytotoxicity against huma cervix carcinoma cells was investigated in order to identify its active compounds. A bio-guided fractionation by HSCCC followed by MPLC led us to isolate a trachylobane diterpene, ent-trachyloban-3beta-ol, with cytotoxic properties (IC50 on HeLa cells = 7.3 ùg/ml). This is the first report on the cytotoxicity of a trachylobane diterpene.