In vitro antiviral effect of meroditerpenes isolated from the Brazilian seaweed Stypopodium zonale (Dictyotales)

Planta Med. 2007 Sep;73(11):1221-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-981589. Epub 2007 Aug 23.

Abstract

The meroditerpenoids atomaric acid (1), epitaondiol (2) and the peroxylactone of 5'a-desmethyl-5'-acetylatomaric acid (3) were isolated from the Brazilian brown alga Stypopodium zonale collected in two localities (Búzios and Marataízes, RJ and ES States). These compounds showed strong anti-HSV-1 activity in vitro but neither of them inhibited the transcriptase reverse enzyme of HIV-1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brazil
  • Diterpenes / administration & dosage
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Diterpenes / therapeutic use
  • HIV-1 / drug effects*
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Traditional
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Plant Extracts / administration & dosage
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use
  • Seaweed*

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • Plant Extracts