Meroditerpenoids and derivatives from the brown alga Cystoseira baccata and their antifouling properties

J Nat Prod. 2008 Nov;71(11):1806-11. doi: 10.1021/np8004216. Epub 2008 Nov 4.

Abstract

The brown alga Cystoseira baccata harvested along the Atlantic coasts of Morocco yielded seven new meroditerpenoids (1-4) and derivatives (5-7), whose chemical structures were elucidated mainly by 2D NMR and mass spectrometry. Surprisingly, for all these compounds, which possess a bicyclo[4.3.0]nonane ring system, a trans fusion of the bicyclic system was deduced by stereochemical studies even though such compounds isolated from Cystoseira species are known to have a typical cis orientation for the bridgehead methyls. The antifouling and antibacterial activities of compounds 1-5 and 7 were evaluated, as well as their toxicity toward nontarget species. Compounds 4, 5, and 7 showed antifouling activities against growth of microalgae, macroalgal settlement, and mussel phenoloxidase activity, while being nontoxic to larvae of sea urchins and oysters.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Larva / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Morocco
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Ostreidae / drug effects
  • Phaeophyceae / chemistry*
  • Sea Urchins / drug effects
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Diterpenes