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Studies on the bioactive constituents of the Formosan soft coral Cespitularia hypotentaculata

Eight new metabolites (1-5 and 7-9) and one known compound were isolated from the acetone/methylene chloride (1:1)extracts of the Formosan soft coral Cespitularia hypotenta-culata. These compounds can be divided into five groups: cespitularin I (1), having the verticillane skeleton, cespitularin J (2), that possesses the norverticillane skeleton, cespitularin K (3)¡B6-acetoxycespitularin F (4) and cespitularin L (5), possessing the cespitularane skeleton, (24S)-3£],11-dihydroxy-5£],6£]-epoxy-24-methyl-9,11-secocholestan-9-one (6), 3£],11-dihydroxy-5£],6£]-epoxy-9,11-secocholestan-9-one (7), and 3£]-hydroxy-5£],6£]-epoxy-9-oxo-9,11-secogorgo-stan-11-ol (8) are secosterols, and xenia diterpene, cespolide A (9). All of these structures were elucidated by extensive spectral analysis, and their cytotoxicity against selected cancer cells was measured in vitro.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0218105-203623
Date18 February 2005
CreatorsLi, Chia-hua
ContributorsJyh-Horng Sheu, Ya-Ching Shen, Chang-Yih Duh
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0218105-203623
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