Abstract
In this study, the South African Amaryllid Boophone haemanthoides was examined for its phytochemical composition and cytotoxicity. In the process eight alkaloid structures, including the new compound distichaminol, were identified in bulb ethanolic extracts. Of the isolates, lycorine and distichamine exhibited strong activities against human acute lymphoblastic leukemia (CEM), breast adenocarcinoma (MCF7) and cervical adenocarcinoma (HeLa) cells with IC50s ranging from 1.8 to 9.2 μM.
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Nair, J. J., Rárová, L., Strnad, M., Bastida, J., & Van Staden, J. (2013). Alkaloids from Boophone haemanthoides (Amaryllidaceae). Natural Product Communications, 8(12), 1705–1710. https://doi.org/10.1177/1934578x1300801211
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