Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1998; 64(5): 466-468DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957486 Letters © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York A Cytotoxic Pennogenin Glycoside from Majanthemum dilatatum Eun-Rhan Woo, Jong Moon Kim, Hyoung Ja Kim, Seung Hee Yoon, Hokoon Park Division of Applied Science, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, Cheongryang, Seoul, Korea Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract A cytotoxic pennogenin glycoside, pennogenin 3-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 →4)-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 →4)-[α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)]-β-D-glucopyranoside (1) was isolated from the whole herb of Majanthemum dilatatum. Compound 1 showed potent cytotoxic activity against human cancer cell lines. PDF (234 kb)
