A dammarane glycoside derived from ginsenoside Rb3

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2005 Feb;53(2):177-9. doi: 10.1248/cpb.53.177.

Abstract

A dammarane glycoside, designated compound Mx (C-Mx), was isolated from the hydrolysate of 20(S)-protopanaxadiol type ginsenosides containing G-Rb(3) from Panax notoginseng leaves with crude snailase. Its chemical structure was elucidated to be 20-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-20(S)-protopanaxadiol on the basis of spectral analysis. Its cytotoxicity against breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and effects on the sensitivity to doxocubicin of doxocubicin-resistant MCF-7 cells were also investigated. The new compound showed moderate cytotoxicity and partial reversal of doxocubicin resistance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Dammaranes
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Female
  • Ginsenosides / chemistry*
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Hydrolysis
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Panax / chemistry*
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Triterpenes / chemistry*
  • Triterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ginsenosides
  • Triterpenes
  • ginsenoside Rb3
  • Doxorubicin
  • Glycoside Hydrolases