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Diterpenes from the Hainan soft coral Lobophytum cristatum Tixier-Durivault
Liang Li1, Li Sheng, Chang-Yun Wang
1State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zu Chong Zhi Road 555, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Two new prenylgermacrane-type diterpenoids, lobophytumins A and B (1 and 2), two new prenyleudesmane-type diterpenoids, lobophytumins C and D (3 and 4), and two new spatane-type diterpenoids, lobophytumins E and F (5 and 6), were isolated from the Hainan soft coral Lobophytum cristatum Tixier-Durivault. Their structures, including relative configuration, were elucidated by detailed analysis of spectroscopic data and by comparison with related known compounds. In addition, the absolute configuration of lobophytumin C (3) was tentatively assigned by comparing its specific rotation with that of the closely related model compound (-)-β-selinene (8). On the basis of biogenetic considerations, the absolute configurations of lobophytumins A, B, and D-F were also tentatively suggested. This is the first report of spatane-type diterpenoids from a soft coral source. The present work supports Faulkner's proposal of prenylgermacrene as the precursor of many diterpenes. In a bioassay, lobophytumins C and D (3 and 4) showed weak in vitro cytotoxicities against the tumor cell lines A-549 and HCT-116.
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