Agelasines J, K, and L from the Solomon Islands Marine Sponge Agelas cf. mauritiana

J Nat Prod. 2008 Aug;71(8):1451-4. doi: 10.1021/np800212g. Epub 2008 Jun 24.

Abstract

Three new diterpene alkaloids, agelasine J (3), agelasine K (4), and agelasine L (5), were isolated from the marine sponge Agelas cf. mauritiana collected in the Solomon Islands. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by physical data analyses. They displayed in vitro antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / isolation & purification
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Porifera

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Antimalarials
  • Diterpenes