Abstract
Investigation on tannins having antitumor properties led to the isolation of two new C-glycosidic ellagitannins (1 and 2) along with seven known ellagitannins (3–9) and a related polyphenolic constituent (10) from Lawsonia inermis leaves. Our intensive HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR, and ECD spectroscopic studies of new tannins have shown that one (1) has a monomer structure of C-glycosidic tannin, and the other (2) has a dimeric structure of 2,3-O-hexahydroxydiphenoyl glucopyranose and a C-glycosidic tannin. Among the known compounds, one (3) is a C-glycosidic tannin that was isolated first of all from nature, five were C-glycosidic tannins, vescalagin (4), 1-O-methylvescalagin (5), castalagin (6), stachyurin (7), and casuarinin (8), and one was an O-glycosidic ellagitannin, tellimagrandin II (9). The remaining phenolic constituent from the leaves was identified as valoneic acid dilactone (10). The ellagitannins 1, and 3–9 demonstrated noticeable cytotoxicity on human oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines (HSC-2, HSC-4, and Ca9–22), and lower effects on human oral normal cells (HGF, HPC, and HPLF). Tellimagrandin II (9) had the highest tumor-specific cytotoxicity, and also cleaved poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 in HSC-2 cells. These findings showed that L. inermis ellagitannins may be a candidate for the production of anti-oral cancer materials.
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•Two new (1 and 2), a first isolated from nature (3), and six knowns (4–9) ellagitannins, and a related phenolic (10) were isolated from leaves of L. inermis.•The ellagitannins (1, 3–9) exhibited higher cytotoxicity against human oral cancer cell lines (HSC-2, HSC-4, and Ca9–22) than against human normal oral cells (HGF, HPC, and HPLF).•Tellimagrandin II (9) induced cleavage of PARP1 in HSC-2 cells.