Flexibilins A-C, new cembrane-type diterpenoids from the Formosan soft coral, Sinularia flexibilis

Mar Drugs. 2013 Jun 10;11(6):1999-2012. doi: 10.3390/md11061999.

Abstract

Three new cembrane-type diterpenoids, flexibilins A-C (1-3), along with a known cembrane, (-)-sandensolide (4), were isolated from the soft coral, Sinularia flexibilis. The structures of cembranes 1-4 were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. The structure of 4, including its absolute stereochemistry, was further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Cembrane 2 displayed a moderate inhibitory effect on the release of elastase by human neutrophils.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Neutrophils / drug effects*
  • Neutrophils / metabolism
  • Pancreatic Elastase / drug effects*
  • Pancreatic Elastase / metabolism
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Taiwan
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Pancreatic Elastase