Three new cardenolides (3, 9 and 10), along with eight known ones, were isolated from the latex of Calotropis procera. The structural determination was accomplished by the 1D- and 2D-NMR spectra as well as HRESIMS analysis. The growth inhibitory activity of the latex and its sub-fractions as well as isolated compounds was evaluated against human A549 and Hela cell lines. The results exhibited that latex had strong growth inhibitory activity with IC50s of (3.37μM, A-549) and (6.45μM, Hela). Among the four extracts (hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and aqueous), chloroform extract displayed the highest potential cytotoxic activity, with IC50s of (0.985μM, A-549) and (1.471μM, Hela). All the isolated compounds displayed various degrees of cytotoxic activity and the highest activity was observed by calactin (1) with IC50s values of (0.036μM, A-549) and (0.083μM, Hela). None of these isolated compounds exhibited good antimicrobial activity evaluated by determination of their MICs using the broth microdilution method against various infectious pathogens. The structure-activity relationships for cytotoxic activity were also discussed.
Research Abstract	
              Research Department	
              
          Research Journal	
              Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
          Research Member	
          
      Research Publisher	
              Elsevier
          Research Rank	
              1
          Research Vol	
              14(4)
          Research Website	
              http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?cmd=historysearch&querykey=16
          Research Year	
              2015
          Research Pages	
              123-130