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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2013

Differential growth inhibitory effects of highly oxygenated guaianolides isolated from the Middle Eastern indigenous plant Achillea falcata in HCT-116 colorectal cancer cells.

Rita Tohme, Lamis Al Aaraj, Tarek Ghaddar, Hala Gali-Muhtasib, Najat A Saliba, Nadine Darwiche

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Rita TohmeAUB Nature Conservation Center, American University of Beirut, Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Lebanon. rgt07@aub.edu.lb
Lamis Al Aaraj
Tarek Ghaddar
Hala Gali-Muhtasib
Najat A Saliba
Nadine Darwiche

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Abstract

Medicinal plants play a crucial role in traditional medicine and in the maintenance of human health worldwide. Sesquiterpene lactones represent an interesting group of plant-derived compounds that are currently being tested as lead drugs in cancer clinical trials. Achillea falcata is a medicinal plant indigenous to the Middle Eastern region and belongs to the Asteraceae family, which is known to be rich in sesquiterpene lactones. We subjected Achillea falcata extracts to bioassay-guided fractionation against the growth of HCT-116 colorectal cancer cells and identified four secotanapartholides, namely 3-β-methoxy-isosecotanapartholide (1), isosecotanapartholide (2), tanaphallin (3), and 8-hydroxy-3-methoxyisosecotanapartholide (4). Three highly oxygenated guaianolides were isolated for the first time from Achillea falcata, namely rupin A (5), chrysartemin B (6), and 1β, 2β-epoxy-3β,4α,10α-trihydroxyguaian-6α,12-olide (7). These sesquiterpene lactones showed no or minor cytotoxicity while exhibiting promising anticancer effects against HCT-116 cells. Further structure-activity relationship studies related the bioactivity of the tested compounds to their skeleton, their lipophilicity, and to the type of functional groups neighboring the main alkylating center of the molecule.

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AchilleaAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHCT116 CellsHumansMolecular StructurePlant ExtractsPlants, MedicinalSesquiterpenes, GuaianeStructure-Activity RelationshipAntineoplastic AgentsPlant ExtractsSesquiterpenes, Guaiane

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PMCPMC6269692

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