Lignan glucosides from Sinomenium acutum rhizomes.

The new lignan glucoside, acutumoside (1), was isolated from Sinomenium acutum rhizomes together with nine known compounds (2-10). The structure of 1 was elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analyses, including two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and chemical reactions. Compounds 2, 7, 8, and 10 displayed potential antiproliferative activity against A549, SK-OV-3, SK-MEL-2, and HCT-15 cell lines, while compound 1 showed weak activity against these human tumor cells.