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CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY
Volume 2, Issue 12, Pages 1648-1655Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200590134
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In our screening program for new photosensitizers from the Malaysian biodiversity, we found five pheophorbide-related compounds from the leaves and stems of Aglaonema simplex. Detailed spectroscopic analyses showed that compounds 1-3 and 5 are pheophorbide and hydroxy pheophorbide derivatives of chlorophyll a and b. Compound 4, identified as 15(1)-hydroxypurpurin-7-lactone ethyl methyl diester, was isolated for the first time from the Araceae family. An MTT-based short-term survival assay showed that all five compounds exhibit moderate-to-strong photocytotoxic activities towards human leukemia (HL60) and two oral squamous carcinoma cell lines (HSC-2 and HSC-3). Compounds 4 and 5 showed the strongest photocytotoxicities, with IC50 values of 0.30 - 0.41 mu m (Table 2). Compounds 1 - 3 with Et chains at C(171) were less photocytotoxic than the parent pheophorbide a (5).
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