Cytotoxic hydroazulene diterpenes from the brown alga Cystoseira myrica

Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2003 Jan-Feb;58(1-2):33-8. doi: 10.1515/znc-2003-1-205.

Abstract

Cytotoxicity-guided fractionation of the alcohol extract of the brown alga, Cystoseira myrica, afforded four new cytotoxic hydroazulene diterpenes, dictyone acetate (2), dictyol F monoacetate (4), isodictytriol monoacetate (6), and cystoseirol monoacetate (8), together with two known cytotoxic hydroazulene diterpenes, pachydictyol A (1) and dictyone (3). The constitution of each isolated compound has been determined on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical evidence.

MeSH terms

  • 3T3 Cells
  • Animals
  • Cell Survival
  • Cytotoxins / chemistry
  • Cytotoxins / isolation & purification
  • Cytotoxins / toxicity*
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / toxicity*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mice
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Phaeophyceae / chemistry*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Cytotoxins
  • Diterpenes
  • Plant Extracts