Juncenolide A, a new briarane from the Taiwanese Gorgonian Junceella juncea

J Nat Prod. 2002 Jan;65(1):54-6. doi: 10.1021/np010408p.

Abstract

Fractionation of the acetone extract of Junceella juncea collected in Taiwan resulted in the isolation of a new briarane, designated juncenolide A (1). The structure of 1 was determined on the basis of 2D NMR techniques, including COSY, HSQC, HMBC, and NOESY experiments, and was also confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cnidaria / chemistry*
  • Colonic Neoplasms
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • KB Cells
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Taiwan
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / drug effects

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • juncenolide A