Terpenoid content of the Antarctic soft coral Alcyonium antarcticum

Nat Prod Commun. 2009 Dec;4(12):1615-9.

Abstract

Chemical investigation of the soft coral Alcyonium antarcticum, collected off Terra Nova Bay, resulted in the isolation of two closely related sesquiterpenes, alcyonicene (1) and deacetoxy-alcyonicene (2), along with known terpenoid compounds. The structure elucidation of the new molecules, possessing a rare bulgarane skeleton, has been made mainly by NMR techniques.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antarctic Regions
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cyprinodontiformes
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Feeding Behavior / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Terpenes / analysis*
  • Terpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Terpenes
  • alcyonicene
  • deacetoxy-alcyonicene