Taxuspinananes A and B, new taxoids from Taxus cuspidata var. nana

  • J Nat Prod. 1997 Apr;60(4):390-2. doi: 10.1021/np9607159.
H Morita  1 ,  A Gonda ,  L Wei ,  Y Yamamura ,  K Takeya ,  H Itokawa
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Pharmacognosy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Japan.
PMID: 9134747 DOI: 10.1021/np9607159
Abstract

New taxoids, taxuspinanane A (1), showing potent cytotoxic activity, and taxuspinanane B (2), have been isolated from the stems of Taxus cuspidata Sieb. et. Zucc. var. nana Rehder. Their structures were elucidated by extensive 2D NMR and MS spectroscopic analysis.