Abstract:
Four triterpenoids were isolated and purified from the 95% ethanol extract of
Maytenus guangxiensis by silica gel column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, MCI column chromatography and preparative RP-HPLC. Their structures were determined from their physicochemical properties and spectral data. They were identified as maytguanone A (
1), maytguanone B (
2), 11
α-methoxyurs-12-ene-1
β,3
β-diol (
3), lup-20(29)-ene-3
β,11
α-diol (
4). Compounds
1 and
2 are new triterpenoids, along with compounds
3 and
4 were isolated from
M. guangxiensis for the first time. The cytotoxicity of compounds
1,
3 and
4 was evaluated using the MTT procedure with three cancer cell lines. The results show that compound
3 displayed good inhibitory effects against HeLa, with an IC
50 of 10.68 μmol·L
-1.