Rumphellolides A-F, six new caryophyllane-related derivatives from the Formosan Gorgonian coral Rumphella antipathies

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2007 Sep;55(9):1296-301. doi: 10.1248/cpb.55.1296.

Abstract

Six new caryophyllane-related natural products, including two carboxylated sesquiterpenoids, rumphellolides A (1) and B (2), and four norsesquiterpene alcohols, rumphellolides C-F (3-6), were isolated from the Formosan gorgonian coral Rumphella antipathies. The structures of the above new natural products were established on the basis of extensive spectral data analysis. Rumphellolides A (1), D (4), E (5), and F (6) showed weak antibacterial activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Freeze Drying
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Sesquiterpenes