Excavatoids GK, new 8,17-epoxybriaranes from the cultured octocoral Briareum excavatum (Briareidae)

Ping Jyun Sung*, Bo Yuan Chen, Michael Y. Chiang, Chi Hung Hou, Yin Di Su, Tsong Long Hwang, Yung Husan Chen, Jih Jung Chen

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Abstract

Chemical investigations on the cultured octocoral Briareum excavatum have led to the isolation of five new 8,17-epoxybriarane diterpenoids, excavatoids GK (15). The structures of briaranes 15 were determined on the basis of spectroscopic methods and the structure of 1 was further confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Cytotoxicity of these metabolites toward various tumor cell lines is described. Excavatoid I (3) was found to show mild inhibitory effects on elastase release and superoxide anion generation by human neutrophils.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)539-545
Number of pages7
JournalBulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Volume83
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

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