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Eight undescribed triterpenoid saponins, scabiostellatosides A-H, together with three known compounds were isolated from the whole plant of Scabiosa stellata L. Their structures were established by spectroscopic analyses (1D, 2D-NMR and HRESIMS) and chemical methods. Scabiostellatosides A-H were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against human fibrosarcoma cell line (HT1080). Scabiostellatoside F, a heptasaccharide derivative of oleanolic acid, exhibited moderate cytotoxicity against HT1080 cell line with IC 50 value of 12.0 μM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Five undescribed ursane-type triterpenes, identified as 1β,3β,15α-trihydroxy-urs-9(11)-12-diene (1), 1β,3β,15α,28-tetrahydroxy-urs-9(11),12-diene (2), 1β,3β-dihydroxy-urs-9(11),12-dien-28-al (3), 1β,3β,7β,15α,28-pentahydroxy-urs-12-ene (4), and 1β,3β,15α-trihydroxy-urs-11-en-28-al (5), together with five known compounds (6-10), were isolated from the acetone extract of the dried aerial parts of Salvia argentea L. var. aurasiaca (Pomel) Batt. et Trab. (Lamiaceae). Structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis including HR-ESI-MS, 1D- and 2D-NMR techniques and comparison with literature data. The antibacterial evaluation of compounds 1-10 of the acetone extract of the dried aerial parts, in addition to nine compounds (11-19) previously isolated from the extract of the fresh aerial parts, by bioautography on Staphylococcus aureus followed by the determination of MIC values of active compounds by serial dilution technique against five bacteria, revealed that two compounds have an antibacterial effect comparable to antibiotics. The cytotoxic activity evaluation of compounds 1-19 showed that Six compounds exhibited an antiproliferative activity against K562 and HT1080 cells with IC 50 values ranging from 30.25 to 70.32 μM., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

From the aerial parts of Salvia barrelieri Etl. (Lamiaceae), 12 compounds including a new triterpene, 3β-acetoxy-olean-18-ene-2α-ol, were isolated. Their structures were established by the combination analyses of spectroscopy including 1D-, 2D-NMR and HRESIMS and in comparison with the reported data in the literature. The antibacterial activity of these compounds was evaluated by bioautography on Staphylococcus aureus followed by the determination of MIC values by serial dilution technique against five bacteria. Three compounds were active against Enterococcus faecalis, S. aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MIC 15.1 to 125 μg/mL). Two compounds showed moderate DPPH radical scavenging activity (IC 50 79.1 and 21.2 μg/mL). These compounds did not show significant tyrosinase inhibitory activities (IC 50> 1.5 mg/mL). Their cytotoxic activity was evaluated against promyelocytic leukaemia (HL60), human erythromyeloblastoid leukaemia (K562) and fibrosarcoma (HT1080) cell lines and four compounds exhibited a moderate cytotoxic activity (IC 50 28.75 to 85.0 μM).