Two new nortriterpenoid saponins from Salicornia bigelovii Torr. and their cytotoxic activity

Abstract Investigation of characteristic constituents of Salicornia bigelovii Torr. led to isolation of two new 30-nortriterpenoid glycosides, Bigelovii A ( 1 ), Bigelovii B ( 2 ), together with two known 30-nortriterpenoid glycosides 3 – 4 and three known oleanane-type triterpenoid glycosides 5 – 7 . The structures of new compounds were elucidated by extensive 1D and 2D NMR, and MS spectroscopic analysis, and chemical evidences. All compounds were isolated for the first time from Chenopodiaceae. Thus compounds 1 – 4 were evaluated for their cytotoxicity and compouds 1 , 3 showed moderate activity against four cell lines, HL-60 (promyelocytic leukemia), MCF-7 (breast carcinoma), HepG2 (liver carcinoma) and A549 (lung carcinoma), with IC 50 values of 6.18, 78.08, 13.64 and > 100 μM for 1 ; 31.87, > 100, ~ 100, > 100 μM for 3 , respectively.