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Published on: August 31, 2018
Furanocembranoids from the soft corals Sinularia asterolobata and Litophyton arboreum
Daniela Grote1, Hans-Martin Dahse, Karlheinz Seifert
1Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie, NW II, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth.
Abstract:
The new cembranoid diterpene danielid (1) along with 3alpha-ethoxyfuranocembranoid 2, pukalide (3), 13alpha-acetoxypukalide (4), furanocembranoid 5, and furanosesquiterpene 6 have been isolated from the soft coral Sinularia asterolobata. The furanocembranoid diterpene 11beta,12beta-epoxypukalide (7) and the sesquiterpene (-)-bicyclogermacrene (8) have been obtained from the soft coral Litophyton arboreum. The structures were elucidated primarily by NMR spectroscopy. The furanocembranoids 2, 4, and 5 show good antiproliferative activities against the cell lines L-929 and K-562, and weak cytotoxic effects on HeLa cells.
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