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A new labdane diterpene from the rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum
journal contribution
posted on 2015-07-15, 00:00 authored by Hai-Feng Wu, Qiong-Yu Zou, Yu-Lian Tang, Di-Zhao ChenA new labdane diterpene, (Z)-12,14-labdadien-15(16)-olide-17-oic acid (1), and a new natural cadinane sesquiterpene, 4-isopropyl-6-methyl-1-naphthalenemethanol (2), were isolated from the ethanolic extract of the rhizomes of Alpinia officinarum, together with three other products, galangin (3), kaempferol (4) and quercetin (5). Their structures were elucidated by using extensive spectroscopic methods. Compounds 1 and 2 showed no remarkable cytotoxic activity against HeLa and HepG2 cancer cell lines with IC50>50 μg mL− 1.