New briaranes from the Taiwanese gorgonian Junceella juncea

J Nat Prod. 2003 Feb;66(2):302-5. doi: 10.1021/np0203584.

Abstract

In addition to the known junceelolide C (4), three new briaranes, juncenolides B (1), C (2), and D (3), have been isolated from the acetone extract of a red Gorgonian Junceella juncea collected in Taiwan. The structures of 1-3 were elucidated on the basis of FABMS and 2D NMR techniques including COSY, HMQC, HMBC, and NOESY experiments. Among them, compound 2 exhibited mild cytotoxicity against human liver carcinoma (HEPA 59T/VGH) and oral epidermoid (KB) carcinoma cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cnidaria / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Humans
  • Indian Ocean
  • KB Cells / drug effects
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Lactones / isolation & purification*
  • Lactones / pharmacology
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Taiwan
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / drug effects

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Lactones
  • junceelolide C