Agelastatin E, agelastatin F, and benzosceptrin C from the marine sponge Agelas dendromorpha

J Nat Prod. 2010 Apr 23;73(4):720-3. doi: 10.1021/np900539j.

Abstract

The study of the n-butanol extract of the New Caledonian sponge Agelas dendromorpha led to the isolation and identification of three new pyrrole-2-aminoimidazole (P-2-AI) alkaloids, named agelastatins E (3) and F (4) and benzosceptrin C (5), together with 10 known metabolites, agelastatin A (1), agelastatin D (2), sceptrin (6), manzacidin A, tauroacidin A, taurodispacamide A, nortopsentin D, thymine, longamide, and 4,5-dibromopyrrole-2-carboxamide. Their structures were assigned by spectroscopic data interpretation. All the compounds were tested for cytotoxic activity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agelas / chemistry*
  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Imidazoles
  • KB Cells
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Oxazolidinones / chemistry
  • Oxazolidinones / isolation & purification*
  • Oxazolidinones / pharmacology
  • Pyrroles

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Imidazoles
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Pyrroles
  • agelastatin E
  • agelastatin F
  • benzosceptrin C