Abstract
A series of 21 compounds isolated from Curcuma zedoaria was subjected to cytotoxicity test against MCF7; Ca Ski; PC3 and HT-29 cancer cell lines; and a normal HUVEC cell line. To rationalize the structure–activity relationships of the isolated compounds; a set of electronic; steric and hydrophobic descriptors were calculated using density functional theory (DFT) method. Statistical analyses were carried out using simple and multiple linear regressions (SLR; MLR); principal component analysis (PCA); and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA). SLR analyses showed that the cytotoxicity of the isolated compounds against a given cell line depend on certain descriptors; and the corresponding correlation coefficients (R2) vary from 0%–55%. MLR results revealed that the best models can be achieved with a limited number of specific descriptors applicable for compounds having a similar basic skeleton. Based on PCA; HCA and MLR analyses; active compounds were classified into subgroups; which was in agreement with the cell based cytotoxicity assay.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9450-9468 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 27 Apr 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Curcuma zedoaria
- Cytotoxicity
- DFT
- Diterpenes
- QSAR
- Sesquiterpenes