Callophycoic acids and callophycols from the Fijian red alga Callophycus serratus

J Org Chem. 2007 Sep 14;72(19):7343-51. doi: 10.1021/jo071210y. Epub 2007 Aug 23.

Abstract

Callophycoic acids A-H (1-8) and callophycols A and B (9 and 10) were isolated from extracts of the Fijian red alga Callophycus serratus, and identified by NMR, X-ray, and mass spectral analyses. These natural products represent four novel carbon skeletons, providing the first examples of diterpene-benzoic acids and diterpene-phenols in macroalgae. Compounds 1-10 exhibited antibacterial, antimalarial, and anticancer activity, although they are less bioactive than diterpene-benzoate macrolides previously isolated from this red alga.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzoates / chemistry*
  • Benzoates / isolation & purification
  • Benzoates / pharmacology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenols / chemistry*
  • Phenols / isolation & purification
  • Phenols / pharmacology
  • Rhodophyta / chemistry*

Substances

  • Benzoates
  • Diterpenes
  • Phenols