IL-6 Inhibitory Compounds from the Aerial Parts of Piper attenuatum and Their Anticancer Activities on Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines
Hye Jin Kim,
Lee Kyung Kim,
Anna Kim
et al.
Abstract:Piper attenuatum Buch-Ham, a perennial woody vine belonging to the Piperaceae family, is traditionally used in Southeast Asia for treating various ailments such as malaria, headache, and hepatitis. This study described the isolation and identification of three new compounds, piperamides I-III (1–3), which belong to the maleimide-type alkaloid skeletons, along with fifteen known compounds (4–18) from the methanol extract of the aerial parts of P. attnuatum. Their chemical structures were elucidated using spectr… Show more
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