Secosteroids and norcembranoids from the soft coral Sinularia nanolobata

Mar Drugs. 2013 Aug 27;11(9):3288-96. doi: 10.3390/md11093288.

Abstract

Two new 9,11-secosteroids, 22α-acetoxy-24-methylene-3β,6α,11-trihydroxy-9, 11-seco-cholest-7-en-9-one (1) and 11-acetoxy-24-methylene-1β,3β,6α-trihydroxy-9, 11-seco-cholest-7-en-9-one (2), as well as two known norcembranoids, 5-epi-sinuleptolide (3) and sinuleptolide (4), were isolated from the soft coral Sinularia nanolobata. The structures of these metabolites were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis. The anti-HCMV (human cytomegalovirus) activity of 1-4 and its cytotoxicity against selected cell lines were evaluated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Cytomegalovirus / drug effects
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Secosteroids / chemistry*
  • Secosteroids / pharmacology

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Secosteroids
  • norcembrenolide