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The fruits of Cornus kousa Burg. were extracted with 80% aqueous MeOH, and the concentrated extract partitioned with EtOAc, n-BuOH and H2O. Six lignans were isolated from the EtOAc fraction through repeated silica gel, ODS and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies. From the physico-chemical data, including NMR, MS and IR, the chemical structures of the compounds were determined to be (+)-pinoresinol (1), (-)-balanophonin (2), (+)-laricresinol (3), erythro-guaiacylglycerol-β-coniferyl aldehyde ether (4), threo-guaiacylglycerol-β-coniferyl aldehyde ether (5) and dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol (6), which were isolated for the first time from this plant. Most of these compounds showed cytotoxicity against human colon carcinoma (HCT-116) and human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cell lines in vitro, with IC50 values ranging from 19.1 to 71.3 μg/mL.
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Lee, DY., Song, MC., Yoo, KH. et al. Lignans from the fruits of cornus kousa burg. and their cytotoxic effects on human cancer cell lines. Arch Pharm Res 30, 402–407 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02980211
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