College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea.
Abstract:
Bioassay-guided fractionation of the stems of Spatholobus suberectus led to the isolation of procyanidin B4 (= (+)-catechin-(4-->8)-(-)-epicatechin) (1) and (+)-catechin-(4-->8)-(+)-catechin-(4-->8)-(-)-epicatechin (2). These compounds, isolated before from other sources, were found to be highly potent inhibitors of DNA-topoisomerase-II (Topo-II)-mediated KDNA decatenation, with IC50 values of 22.5+/-2.3 and 21.9+/-2.2 nM, resp.