(−) and (+)-Merrilliaquinone, a pair of new quinone enantiomers from Illicium merrillianum and their distinctive effect on human hepatoma and hepatic cells. Issue 93 (11th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tian, Xinhui; Li, Li; Pei, Jinpeng; Yue, Rongcai; Fang, Xin; Zhang, Jianping; He, Weiwei; Shan, Lei; Shen, Yunheng; Zhang, Weidong
• Is Part Of: RSC advances. Volume 5:Issue 93(2015)
• Page Start: 75857
• Page End: 75862
• Publication Date: 2015-10-11
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c5ra15074d
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-2069

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj2qrsvr70" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />Two new quinone enantiomers (−) and (+)-merrilliaquinone (<bold>1a</bold>, <bold>1b</bold>) were isolated from <italic>Illicium merrillianum</italic>, <bold>1b</bold> exhibited a selective cytotoxicity between human hepatoma cell lines and normal human hepatic cells, while <bold>1a</bold> didn't have such activity.</p> </abstract>