Abstract
The methanol extract of Brazilian propolis was fractionated by HPLC, based on human hepatocellular carcinoma (HuH 13) cell cytotoxicity assay. A new benzo-y-pyran derivative (PM-3) with a molecular formula of C19H22O3 (MW: 298.38) was isolated. The structure of this colorless compound was determined as 3-[2-dimethyl-8-(3-methyl-2-butenyl) benzopy-ran]-6 -propenoic acid. This compound was chemically synthesized by cyclisation of artepillin C (3-[4-hydroxy-3,5-bis (3-methyl-2-butenyl) phenyl]-2-propenoic acid).
Received: 1998-7-15
Revised: 1998-9-14
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1998-12-1
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