Chemical Components from Leaves of Fatsia japonica and Their Antitumor Activities in vitro

TLDR: The ethyl acetate extract and compounds 6, 10, 12 and 18 at the concentration of 0.

Abstract: Objective To study the chemical components from the leaves of Fatsia japonica and their antitumor activities in vitro. Methods All compounds were separated and purified by column chromatography over silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 and preparative HPLC. Their structures were identified by physical and chemical properties and spectral methods including 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR. Antitumor assay was measured by MTT method. Results 18 compounds were isolated and identified as palmitic acid (1), β-hydroxypropiovanillone (2), adenosine (3), β-sitosterol (4), daucosterol (5), oleanolic acid (6), echinocystic acid (7), betulinic acid (8), hederagenin(9), hederagenin-3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1-->2)-α-L-arabinopyranoside(10), acacetin(11), quercetin(12), quercetin-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(13), isovitexin(14), isovitexin-7-O-glucoside(15), astragalin(16), methylpluviatolide(17), and syringaresinol-4-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(18). Conclusion All compounds are isolated from the leaves of Fatsia japonica for the first time except compound 1. The ethyl acetate extract and compounds 6, 10, 12 and 18 at the concentration of 0. 5 mg/mL showed inhibitory effect against the proliferation of colon cell line A549 with the inhibitory rate over 90% in vitro.