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The activity guided fractionation of the Clausena harmandiana root extracts led to the isolation of a coumarin, a ferulate, and eight carbazoles. This is the first report of the isolation of compounds 2–4 and 6–10 from this species, and this is the first time 10 was isolated from this genus. Compound 4 showed strong cytotoxicity against NCI-H187 cells with an IC50 value of 1.63 μg/mL. Compound 5 demonstrated strong cytotoxicity against MCF-7 and KB cell lines with IC50 values of 2.21 and 1.74 μg/mL, respectively. Compounds 3 and 4 exhibited moderate cytotoxicity against the MCF-7 cell line, and 8 showed moderate cytotoxicity against NCIH187 and KB cell lines. Compounds 3 and 5 showed antiplasmodial activity with IC50 values of 3.27 and 2.94 μg/mL, respectively.
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Thongthoom, T., Songsiang, U., Phaosiri, C. et al. Biological activity of chemical constituents from Clausena harmandiana . Arch. Pharm. Res. 33, 675–680 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12272-010-0505-x
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