Antiviral and anti-inflammatory metabolites from the soft coral Sinularia capillosa

J Nat Prod. 2010 Apr 23;73(4):771-5. doi: 10.1021/np9008078.

Abstract

Chemical investigations of the soft coral Sinularia capillosa resulted in the isolation of one new tetraprenylbenzoquinone, capilloquinone (1), two new furanobenzosesquiterpenoids, capillobenzopyranol (2) and capillobenzofuranol (3), one new furanosesquiterpenoid, capillofuranocarboxylate (4), and five previously characterized metabolites, comprising (E)-5-(2,6-dimethylocta-5,7-dienyl)furan-3-carboxylic acid (5), 2-[(2E,6E)-3,7-dimethyl-8-(4-methylfuran-2-yl)octa-2,6-dienyl]-5-methylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione (6), 2-[(2E,6E)-3,7-dimethyl-8-(4-methylfuran-2-yl)octa-2,6-dienyl]-5-methylbenzene-1,4-diol (7), (-)-loliolide (8), and 3,4,11-trimethyl-7-methylenebicyclo[6.3.0]undec-2-en-11alpha-ol (9). The structures of 1-4 were elucidated through extensive spectroscopic analysis. The cytotoxicity, anti-HCMV (human cytomegalovirus) activity, antibacterial activity, and anti-inflammatory effects of 1-9 were evaluated in vitro.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / chemistry
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / pharmacology*
  • Antiviral Agents / chemistry
  • Antiviral Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Benzoquinones / chemistry
  • Benzoquinones / isolation & purification*
  • Benzoquinones / pharmacology*
  • Cytomegalovirus / drug effects*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Leukemia P388
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Benzoquinones
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • capillobenzofuranol
  • capillobenzopyranol
  • capillofuranocarboxylate
  • capilloquinone