Abstract

The 90% methanol extracts of eight magnoliaceae plants were collected and tested the cytotoxicity against SK-OV-3 and SiHa cells. Also six pure compounds such as magnonol, honokiol, dihydroxybiphenyl ether, linodenine, anonaine, asimilobine which were previously isolated from Magnolia obovata Thunb. were evaluated the cytotoxicities and their mechanism study using the Lactate dehydrogenase assay(LDH) and FACScan analysis system. Of the tested six compounds, magnonol, honokiol, dihydroxybiphenyl ether showed high cytotoxicities against human cancer cell lines, SK-OV-3 and SiHa cells. In addition, one of the plausible mechanisms of their antitumor activities suggested that they could induce the early stage of apoptosis. For the quantitative analysis, the methanol extractives were fractionated with chloroform, ethylacetate, $H_2O$ and then the ethylacetate fraction was chromatographed on silica gel using n-Hexane ; Acetone(4:1, v/v) as eluent. This fraction was subjected for the quantitative analysis in the HPLC system. The result suggested that the methanol extractives of Magnolia obovata Thunb. contained with magnonol, honokiol, dihydroxybiphenyl ether, 0.9%, 0.3% and 0.24%, respectively.

8가지 목련과 수목의 수피 및 잔가지를 채집하고 건조하여 MeOH로 열추출하고, 사람의 암세포에 대한 독성을 측정하였다. 이중 일본 목련이 강한 세포독성이 관찰되어 세포독성을 갖는 순수한 물질 즉, magnonol, honokiol, dihydroxybiphenyl ether, linodenine, anonaine, asimilobine에 대한 세포독성을 측정하였다. 그리고 암세포 살해능 및 apoptosis 유도능을 측정한 결과 magnonol, honokiol, dihydroxybiphenyl ether가 초기단계의 apoptosis 유도에 기인함을 밝혔다. 따라서 세포독성이 강한 물질로 판명된 magnolol, honokiol, dihydroxybiphenyl ether에 대한 정량분석을 위해서 MeOH 추출물을 클로로포름, 에틸아세테이트, 수용성 분획으로 나누고, 에틸 아세테이트 분획을 n-Hexane : Acetone(4:1, v/v)용매로 silica gel chromatography를 한 후, 이 들 화합물이 함유된 분획을 만들었다. 이 분획을 HPLC system으로 이들의 함량을 측정한 결과 MeOH 추출물에 대하여 각각 0.9%, 0.3%, 0.24%가 있음을 밝혔다

Keywords

• Magnoliaceae;
• Magnolia obovata Thunb. cytotoxicity;
• apoptosis;
• Lactate dehydrogenase assay(LDH);
• FACScan analysis system;
• magnolol;
• honokiol;
• dihydroxybiphenyl ether