Chemical components from the Vietnamese soft coral Lobophytum sp

Arch Pharm Res. 2010 Apr;33(4):503-8. doi: 10.1007/s12272-010-0402-3. Epub 2010 Apr 27.

Abstract

Chromatographic separation resulted in the identification of one new squalene derivative, named lobophytene (1), three cembranoid diterpenes (2-4), and two sterols (5 and 6) from the Vietnamese marine soft coral Lobophytum sp. Their structures were identified on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data and comparison of those with reported data. Compounds 1 and 2 showed significant cytotoxic activities against lung (A549) and colon (HT-29) cell lines with IC(50) values of 8.2 and 5.6 microM for 1; 5.1 and 1.8 microM for 2, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Anthozoa / growth & development
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Vietnam

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents