alstonia/neoplasms

Alstonia scholaris, commonly known as devil's tree, is an important medicinal plant in the various folk and traditional systems of medicine in Asia, Australia, and Africa. The decoction, mostly prepared from the bark, is used to treat a variety of diseases of which the most important is malaria.

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Cancer represents a major health burden and drain on the global healthcare systems. Traditional African medicine widely use a variety of plant species for treatment of different kinds of cancer. A previous

Methanol extracts of root barks of Alstonia macrophylla, A. glaucescens, and A. scholaris, collected from Thailand, have been assessed for cytotoxic activity against two human lung cancer cell lines, MOR-P (adenocarcinoma) and COR-L23 (large cell carcinoma), using the SRB assay. Significant

(1) Background: In China and South Asia, Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae) is an important medicinal plant that has been historically used in traditional ethnopharmacy to treat infectious diseases. Although various pharmacological activities have been reported, the anti-lung cancer components of A.

Unlike reported bisindoles linked by single bond directly, alstoniasidines A (1) and B (2), from Alstonia scholaris featuring unprecedented skeleton with two indole moieties bridged by a sugar, represented a novel bisindole type having strictosamide-glucopyranose-picraline scaffold. Both compounds

Fourteen previously undescribed alkaloids comprising two N-1-hydroxymethylmacroline alkaloids, one talpinine-type oxindole acetal, a pair of equilibrating talpinine-type oxindole hemiacetals, eight oxidized derivatives of sarpagine- and akuammiline-type indole alkaloids, in addition to

Two new indole alkaloids, winphyllines A (1) and B (4), along with four known alkaloids, Nb-demethylechitamine (2), 17-O-acetylnorechitamine (3), 12-methoxyechitamidine (5), and N(4)-demethylastogustine (6), were isolated from the methanol extract of the twigs of Alstonia rostrata. The structures of

Examination of the EtOH extract of the Malayan Alstonia penangiana resulted in the isolation of 10 new alkaloids, comprising two ajmaline (1, 2), four macroline oxindole (3-6), and four macroline-akuammiline bisindole alkaloids (7-10). The structures of these alkaloids were determined based on

The ethanol extract of the aerial parts of Alstonia yunnanensis Diels afforded five new monoterpenoid indole alkaloids, alstiyunnanenines A-E (1-5), along with one known compound, alstoniascholarine I (6). The structures of the isolated compounds were established based on 1D and 2D (1H-1H COSY,

Phytochemical investigation on the 70% ethanol extract of the leaves of Alstonia mairei resulted in the isolation of three new monoterpenoid indole alkaloids, alstomairines A-C (1-3), along with one known compound, alpneumine A (4). Structural elucidation of all the compounds was accomplished by

A chemical investigation of the 80% EtOH extract of the aerial plant of Alstonia rupestris afforded four new monoterpenoid indole alkaloids, 6,7-epoxy-8-oxo-vincadifformine (1), 11-acetyl-6,7-epoxy-8-oxo-vincadifformine (2), 11-hydroxy-14-chloro-15-hydroxy-vincadifformine (3), and perakine

The radiosensitizing effect of 5 micrograms/mL of alkaloid fraction of Alstonia scholaris (ASERS) was evaluated in various neoplastic cell lines, namely: HeLa, HePG2, HL60, MCF-7, and KB exposed to 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 4 Gy of gamma-radiation. The irradiation of various cells caused a dose-dependent

The chemopreventive effect of various doses of hydroalcoholic extract of Alstonia scholaris (ASE) was studied on the benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) induced forestomach carcinoma in female mice. The treatment of mice with different doses, i.e. 1, 2 and 4 mg/ml ASE in drinking water before, during and after the

Experiments were conducted to evaluate the induction of apoptosis and the immunomodulatory activities of alkaloids and triterpenes of Alstonia scholaris (Linn.) R. Br. leaves (ASL). Importantly, their possible synergistic properties were also explored in this study. Human lung adenocarcinoma cell

The use of ethnornedical information has immensely contributed to health care, and scientific studies have shown that the evaluation of traditionally used medicines may provide leads towards effective drug discovery. Since antiquity, Alstonia scholaris connmonly known as devil's tree has been used