Isomeric furanosesquiterpenes from the Portuguese marine sponge Fasciospongia sp

J Nat Prod. 2008 Dec;71(12):2049-52. doi: 10.1021/np800346c.

Abstract

This paper reports the chemical study of a sample of Fasciospongia sp. collected along the Atlantic Portuguese coast. Three new isomeric furanosesquiterpenes, isomicrocionin-3 ( 1), (-)-microcionin-1 ( 2), and (-)-isomicrocionin-1 ( 3), were isolated along with the known (-)- ent-pallescensin A ( 4) and (-)-pallescensin-1 ( 5) from the ethyl acetate-soluble portion of the methanolic extract. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic studies. (-)-Microcionin-1 ( 2) tested positive against several Gram-negative bacteria.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Furans / chemistry
  • Furans / isolation & purification*
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Portugal
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Furans
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • isomicrocionin-1
  • isomicrocionin-3
  • microcionin-1