• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.51 no.4
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• pp.352-355
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• 2007

A new phenanthrene derivative 3,7-dihydroxy-2,4,6-trimethoxyphenanthrene was isolated from the all plant of Bulbophyllum odoratissimum, and its structure was elucidated by extensive spectral studies and chemical transformation. The compound displayed cytotoxicity against the growth of human leukemia cell lines K562 and HL-60, human lung adenocarcinoma A549, human hepatoma BEL-7402 and human stomach cancer cell lines SGC-7901 with IC50 values of 14.23, 10.02, 3.42, 15.36 and 1.13 mg/ml respectively.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.91-94
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• 2014

Column chromatographic separation of the MeOH extract from the tubers of Bletilla striata yielded seven phenolic components including four phenanthrenes, 3,7-dihydroxy-2,4-dimethoxyphenanthrene (1), 3,7-dihydroxy-2,4,8-trimethoxyphenanthrene (2), 9,10-dihydro-4,7-dimethoxyphenanthrene-2,8-diol (3), and 9,10-dihydro-1-(4'-hydroxybenzyl)-4,7-dimethoxyphenanthrene-2,8-diol (4) and three stilbenes, gigantol (5), 3',4"-dihydroxy-5',3",5"-trimethoxybibenzyl (6), and batatasin III (7). Their structures were determined on the basis of NMR spectroscopic data. Among them, compound 2, 3, and 6 were reported for the first time from this plant. The isolated compounds (1-7) were tested for cytotoxicity against four human tumor cell lines in vitro using a Sulforhodamin B bioassay.