Abstract
Chemical investigation of the gorgonian coral Junceella fragilis, collected by scuba diving in Taiwan, resulted in the isolation of four new briarane-type diterpenoids, frajunolides A-D (1-4), along with three known briaranes. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic studies, especially 1- and 2D-NMR as well as HR-MS experiments. The inhibitory effect of all isolated metabolites towards superoxide-anion generation and elastase release by human neutrophils in response to formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine/ dihydrocytochalasin B (FMLP/CB) was evaluated.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1391-1398 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Helvetica Chimica Acta |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007 |