Steroidal saponins and ecdysterone from Asparagus filicinus and their cytotoxic activities

Steroids. 2010 Oct;75(10):734-9. doi: 10.1016/j.steroids.2010.05.002. Epub 2010 May 12.

Abstract

Two new spirostanoides, filiasparosides E (1) and F (2), one new furostanoside, filiasparoside G (3), and one new ecdysterone, stachysterone A-20, 22-acetonide (4), together with six known steroidal saponins, asparagusin A (5), filiasparoside A (6), filiasparoside B (7), aspafilioside A (8), aspafilioside B (9), and filiasparoside C (10) were isolated from the roots of Asparagus filicinus Buch.-Ham. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical evidence. Compounds 1-10 were investigated for their cytotoxicities against human breast adenocarcinoma MDA-MB-231 cell line and compounds 8-10 exhibited cytotoxic activities with IC(50) values ranging from 3.4 to 6.6microM.

MeSH terms

  • Asparagus Plant / chemistry*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Ecdysterone / chemistry*
  • Ecdysterone / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Saponins / chemistry*
  • Saponins / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Saponins
  • filiasparoside C
  • Ecdysterone