Discovery of new eunicellin-based diterpenoids from a Formosan soft coral Cladiella sp

Mar Drugs. 2013 Nov 14;11(11):4585-93. doi: 10.3390/md11114585.

Abstract

A new eunicellin diterpenoid, cladieunicellin I (1), and a new natural eunicellin, litophynin I diacetate (2), were isolated from a Formosan soft coral identified as Cladiella sp. The structures of eunicellins 1 and 2 were elucidated by spectroscopic methods and by comparison of the spectral data with those of related analogues. Eunicellin 1 exhibited significant cytotoxicity toward the DLD-1 human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor / methods
  • Humans

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • eunicellin