Norcembranoidal diterpenes from a Formosan soft coral Sinularia sp

Molecules. 2012 Nov 27;17(12):14058-66. doi: 10.3390/molecules171214058.

Abstract

Two norcembranoidal diterpenes, 5-episinuleptolide acetate (1) and scabrolide D (2), were isolated from a Formosan octocoral identified as Sinularia sp. The structures of norcembranoids 1 and 2 were established by spectroscopic methods and by comparison of the spectral data with those of known analogues and 1 was proven to be a new natural product. Norcembranoid 1 was found to exhibit cytotoxicity toward a panel of tumor cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Diterpenes* / chemistry
  • Diterpenes* / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes* / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • norcembrenolide