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Drug Development
Anti-tumor alkaloids isolated from Glycosmis arborea
December 14th, 2004
A series of novel alkaloids with anti-tumor activity have been isolated from the medicinal plant Glycosmis arborea. In a recent study from Japan, "[a]s part of the phytochemical studies of the plant genus Glycosmis, the constituents" of G. arborea were examined. "Three new carbazole alkaloids named glybomines A (1), B (2), and C (3), along with known monomeric alkaloids belonging to the carbazole, quinazoline, furoquinoline, quinolone, and acridone classes, were isolated from stems of the plant collected at Mymensing in Dhaka, Bangladesh," reported C. Ito and coauthors at Tokai Gakuen University. "Glybomine A...
Source: cancer weekly (2004-12-14)
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