Cytotoxic prenylated isoflavone and bipterocarpan from Millettia pachyloba.

Two new compounds, an isoflavone (1, 6-methoxybarbigerone) and a bipterocarpan (2, pachylobin) were isolated from the grains of Millettia pachyloba (Leguminosae), together with seven known compounds, 5-methoxybarbigerone (3), calopogoniumisoflavone B (4), durmillone (5), jamaicin (6), ichthynone (7), (-)-pisatin (8) and (-)-rotenone (9). The structures were established from spectroscopic analyses, including mass spectrometry and 2D-NMR. Absolute configuration of 2 was proposed based on that of the known compound (-)-pisatine (8). Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited cytotoxicity against KB cells with IC(50) values of 2.0 and 17.6 µM, respectively. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.