Steroidal glycosides from the marine sponge Pandaros acanthifolium

Steroids. 2009 Sep;74(9):746-50. doi: 10.1016/j.steroids.2009.03.009. Epub 2009 Apr 5.

Abstract

The chemical composition of the Caribbean sponge Pandaros acanthifolium was investigated and led to the isolation of seven new steroidal glycosides namely pandarosides A-D (1, 3, 4 and 6) along with the three methyl esters of pandarosides A, C, and D (2, 5 and 7). Their structures were characterized as 3beta-[beta-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-glucopyranosyloxyuronic acid]-16-hydroxy-5alpha,14beta-poriferast-16-ene-15,23-dione (1) and its methyl ester (2), 3beta-[beta-glucopyranosyloxyuronic acid]-16-hydroxy-5alpha,14beta-poriferast-16-ene-15,23-dione (3), 3beta-[beta-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-glucopyranosyloxyuronic acid]-16-hydroxy-5alpha,14beta-cholest-16-ene-15,23-dione (4) and its methyl ester (5), 3beta-(beta-glucopyranosyloxyuronic acid)-16-hydroxy-5alpha,14beta-cholest-16-ene-15,23-dione (6) and its methyl ester (7) on the basis of detailed spectroscopic analyses, including 2D NMR and HRESIMS studies. Pandarosides A-D and their methyl esters (1-7) are all characterized by a rare 2-hydroxycyclopentenone D-ring with a 14beta configuration. The absolute configuration of the aglycon part of pandaroside A (1) was assigned by comparison between experimental and TDDFT calculated circular dichroism spectra on the more stable conformer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Glycosides / chemistry*
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Steroids / chemistry*
  • Steroids / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Glycosides
  • Steroids