Pterocarpans and isoflavones from the root bark of Millettia micans and of Millettia dura

• From the CH2Cl2/CH3OH (1:1) extract of the root bark of Millettia micans, a new pterocarpan, (6aR, 11aR)-3-hydroxy- 7,8,9-trimethoxypterocarpan (1), named micanspterocarpan, was isolated. Similar investigation of the CH2Cl2/CH3OH (1:1) extract of the root bark of Millettia dura gave a further new pterocarpan, (6aR, 11aR)-8,9-methylenedioxy-3-prenyloxypterocarpan (2), named 3-O-prenylmaackiain, along with six known isoflavones (38) and a chalcone (9). All purified compounds were identified by NMR and MS, whereas the absolute configurations of the new pterocarpans were established by chriptical data analyses including quantum chemical ECD calculation. Among the isolated constituents, calopogonium isoflavone B (3) and isoerythrin A-4'-(3-methylbut-2-enyl) ether (4) showed marginal activities against the 3D7 and the Dd2 strains of Plasmodium falciparum (70-90% inhibition at 40 mu M). Maximaisoflavone B (5) and 7,2'-dimethoxy-4', 5'-methylenedioxyisoflavone (7) were weakly cytotoxic (IC50 153.5 and 174.1 mu M, respectively) against the MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cell line. None of the tested compounds showed in-vitro translation inhibitory activity or toxicity against the HEK-293 human embryonic kidney cell line at 40 mu M.

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Millettia micans

Millettia dura

Pterocarpan

Isoflavone

Cytotoxicity

Plasmodium falciparum

density-functional theory

circular-dichroism

seed pods

stem bark

flavonoids

Plant Sciences

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

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