Isosarcophytoxide Derivatives with a 2,5-Dihydrofuran Moiety from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton cinereum

Molecules. 2023 Jan 8;28(2):641. doi: 10.3390/molecules28020641.

Abstract

The present chemical investigation on the organic extract of the soft coral Sarcophyton cinereum has contributed to the isolation of four new cembranoids: 16β- and 16α-hydroperoxyisosarcophytoxides (1 and 2), 16β- and 16α-methoxyisosarcophytoxides (3 and 4), and a known cembranoid, lobocrasol (5). The structures of all isolates were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic analysis. Their structures were characterized by a 2,5-dihydrofuran moiety, of which the relative configuration was determined by DU8-based calculation for long-range coupling constants (4JH,H). The cytotoxicity and immunosuppressive activities of all isolates were evaluated in this study.

Keywords: 16-hydroperoxyisosarcophytoxide; 16-methoxyisosarcophytoxide; 2,5-dihydrofuran; DU8; Sarcophyton cinereum; cytotoxicity; immunosuppressive.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa* / chemistry
  • Diterpenes* / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure

Substances

  • 2,5-dihydrofuran
  • Diterpenes