Sesquiterpenes from the sponge Axinyssa isabela

J Nat Prod. 2008 Dec;71(12):2004-10. doi: 10.1021/np800465n.

Abstract

Further research on the constituents of the sponge Axinyssa isabela collected in the Gulf of California has led to the isolation of nine new sesquiterpenes, the eudesmanes axinisothiocyanates M and N (1, 2), the bisabolane axinythiocyanate A (3), and the aristolane derivatives axinysones A-E (4-8) and axinynitrile A (9), together with four known sesquiterpenoids (10-13). The structures of the new metabolites have been established by spectroscopic techniques.The absolute configuration of axinysones A (4) and B (5) has been assigned after esterification with (R)- and (S)-MPA acids. In addition, the unusual nitrile-containing sesquiterpene 9 has been synthesized from (+)-aristolone (14). The cytotoxic activity of the compounds isolated has been tested against three human tumor cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • California
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Isothiocyanates / chemistry
  • Isothiocyanates / isolation & purification*
  • Isothiocyanates / pharmacology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oceans and Seas
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Isothiocyanates
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • isothiocyanic acid