Bioactive terpenoids from the Red Sea soft coral Sinularia polydactyla

Nat Prod Res. 2013;27(23):2224-6. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2013.805333. Epub 2013 Jun 14.

Abstract

Chemical investigation of an ethyl acetate soluble fraction of Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg) led to the isolation of three known terpenoides, two of them sterols, 24-methylcholestane-3β,5α,6β,25-tetrol 25-monoacetate (1), 24-methylcholestane-5-en-3β,25-diol (2), in addition to a cembranoid diterpene, durumolide C (3), for the first time. The cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activities of the ethyl acetate extract and the isolated compounds 1-3 were evaluated in vitro. Durumolide C (3) showed selective cytotoxicity against HepG2 (IC50 1.0 μg/mL), whereas 24-methylcholestane-3β,5α,6β,25-tetrol 25-monoacetate (1) showed IC50 of 6.1 and 8.2 μg/mL against Hep2 and HCT human cancer cell lines, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacillus megaterium / drug effects
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Terpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Terpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Terpenes