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  2. A pair of novel cytotoxic polyprenylated xanthone epimers from gamboges

A pair of novel cytotoxic polyprenylated xanthone epimers from gamboges

  • Chem Biodivers. 2006 Jan;3(1):101-5. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.200690000.
Quan-Bin Han 1 Ling Yang Yu-Lin Wang Chun-Feng Qiao Jing-Zheng Song Han-Dong Sun Hong-Xi Xu
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  • 1 Laboratory of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong, PR China.
Abstract

Two new polyprenylated xanthone epimers were isolated from gamboges of Garcinia hanburyi, and identified by detailed spectroscopic analysis as 30-hydroxygambogic acid (2a) and its (2S)-epimer 30-hydroxyepigambogic acid (2b). Both compounds exhibited significant cytotoxicities against the human leukemia K562/S and the corresponding doxorubicin-resistant K562/R cell lines (Table 2).

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