Sinularosides A and B, bioactive 9,11-secosteroidal glycosides from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia humilis Ofwegen

J Nat Prod. 2012 Sep 28;75(9):1656-9. doi: 10.1021/np300475d. Epub 2012 Sep 4.

Abstract

Two new 9,11-secosteroidal glycosides, namely, sinularosides A and B (1, 2), together with the known pregnene glycoside 3β-(β-xylopyranosyloxy)-5α-pregna-20-ene (3), were isolated from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia humilis Ofwegen. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by a combination of detailed spectroscopic analyses, chemical methods, and comparison with reported data. This is the first report of 9,11-secosteroidal glycosides from a soft coral and from nature. In in vitro bioassays, the new compounds exhibited potent antimicrobial activities and showed no growth inhibition activity against the tumor cells HepG2 and Caco-2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Caco-2 Cells
  • China
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oceans and Seas
  • Secosteroids / chemistry
  • Secosteroids / isolation & purification*
  • Secosteroids / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Glycosides
  • Secosteroids
  • sinularoside A
  • sinularoside B