Tastan, PelinHajdu, ZsuzsannaKusz, NorbertZupko, IstvanSinka, IzabellaKivcak, BijenHohmann, Judit2020-12-012020-12-0120191420-3049https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24173165https://hdl.handle.net/11454/63438Kusz, Norbert/0000-0002-9973-6442Multistep chromatographic separations of the chloroform extract of the Turkish endemic plant Psephellus pyrrhoblepharus (Boiss.) Wagenitz (syn. Centaurea pyrrhoblephara Boiss.) resulted in the isolation of six guaianolid-type sesquiterpenes, chlorojanerin (1), 19-deoxychlorojanerin (2), 15-hydroxyjanerin (3), aguerin B (4), cynaropicrin (5), eleganin (6); three flavonoids, apigenin, 6-methoxyluteolin and jaceosidine; two glycosides, benzyl-1-O-beta-D-glucoside and 3(Z)-hexenyl-1-O-beta-D-glucoside; and the coumarin scopoletin. the structures were established by the interpretation of their ESI-MS and 1D and 2D NMR data including H-1-NMR, JMOD, H-1, H-1-COSY, HSQC, HMBC, and NOESY experiments. All compounds were isolated for the first time from P. pyrrhoblepharus. Compounds 1-6, the isolated flavonoids and scopoletin were evaluated for their antiproliferative activities on human gynecological cancer cell lines (SiHa, HeLa, and MDA-MB-231 cells) using the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay. Chlorojanerin (1), 19-deoxychlorojanerin (2), aguerin B (4), cynaropicrin (5), eleganin (6) were shown to have noteworthy effects on all of the tested cell lines, while apigenin, jaceosidine, and 6-methoxyluteolin were moderately active on HeLa cells. the highest activities were demonstrated by the chlorine-containing derivatives chlorojanerin (1) and 19-deoxychlorojanerin (2) with IC50 values of 2.21 and 2.88 mu M, respectively, against the triple negative breast cancer model MDA-MB-231 cells.en10.3390/molecules24173165info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPsephellus pyrrhoblepharusAsteraceaesesquiterpene lactoneschlorojanerin19-deoxychlorojaneringynecological cancer cellsantiproliferative activityArticle2417WOS:00048861370014531480332Q2