Marine Drugs (May 2014)

Klymollins T–X, Bioactive Eunicellin-Based Diterpenoids from the Soft Coral Klyxum molle

  • Fang-Yu Chang,
  • Fang-Jung Hsu,
  • Chi-Jen Tai,
  • Wen-Chi Wei,
  • Ning-Sun Yang,
  • Jyh-Horng Sheu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/md12053060
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 5
pp. 3060 – 3071

Abstract

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Five new eunicellin-based diterpenoids, klymollins T–X (1–5), along with two known compounds (6 and 7) have been isolated from the soft coral Klyxum molle. The structures of these new metabolites were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic analysis and by comparison with related known compounds. Compound 5 was found to exert significant in vitro anti-inflammatory activity against LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophage cells. Furthermore, compounds 4 and 7 were shown to exhibit cytotoxicity against a limited panel of human cancer cell lines.

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