Cytotoxic diterpenoids from the soft coral Sinularia microclavata

J Nat Prod. 2005 Jul;68(7):1087-9. doi: 10.1021/np058006v.

Abstract

The soft coral Sinularia microclavata collected from the bay of Sanya, Hainan Island, China, yielded a new diterpenoid, microclavatin (1), and a known cembranolide, capillolide (2). The structure of compound 1 was determined on the basis of spectroscopic methods and X-ray single-crystal diffraction analysis. Microclavatin (1) showed cytotoxic activities against tumor cell lines KB and MCF with IC50 values of 5.0 and 20.0 microg/mL, respectively, and capillolide (2) showed potent cytotoxic activity against tumor cell lines (A-549) with an IC50 value of 0.5 microg/mL.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • KB Cells
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • capillolide
  • microclavatin