Deoxyelephantopin: A cytotoxic sesquiterpene lactones from Elephantopus scaber Linn.

Abstract

Deoxyelephantopin is a novel sesquiterpene lactones found in the specific extracts such as chloroform, acetone, ethanol and aqueous extracts of E. scaber belonging to family asteracae. Deoxyelephantopin seems to be a potential anticancer agent among all other various sesquiterpene lactones such as isodeoxyelephantopin, scabertopin, isoscabertopin, elescaberin, 17,19dihydrodeoxyelephantopin, iso 17,19 dihydro-deoxyelephantopin. Present review focus on the cytotoxic potential of deoxyelephantopin from E. scaber.