Cembrane diterpenoids from the taiwanese soft coral Sarcophyton stolidotum

J Nat Prod. 2008 Jul;71(7):1141-5. doi: 10.1021/np0706668. Epub 2008 Jun 7.

Abstract

Investigation of an EtOAc-soluble extract of the soft coral Sarcophyton stolidotum resulted in the isolation of seven new 14-membered carbocyclic cembranes, sarcostolides A-G (1-7), together with two known cembrane diterpenes, isosarcophytoxide and isosarcophine. The structural elucidation of these metabolites was determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses, particularly 2D NMR techniques. Sarcostolide E (5) exhibited weak to moderate cytotoxic activity against human WiDr and Daoy tumor cell lines. A biogenetic pathway and relationship for compounds 1-7 was also proposed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • sarcostolide E