Aaptamine alkaloids from the Vietnamese sponge Aaptos sp

Nat Prod Commun. 2009 Aug;4(8):1085-8.

Abstract

A series of aaptamines, including one new alkaloid (1), were isolated from the marine sponge Aaptos sp. collected in Vietnamese waters. The structure of 1 was elucidated using NMR and HRESIMS, as well as by chemical transformation of 1 to the previously known aaptamine and established as 3-N-morpholinyl-9-demethyl(oxy)aaptamine. The isolated compounds showed a potential cancer preventive activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Animals
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Models, Molecular
  • Naphthyridines / chemistry
  • Naphthyridines / isolation & purification*
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Seawater
  • Vietnam

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Naphthyridines
  • aaptamine