Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry ›› 2004, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (10): 1233-1238. Previous Articles     Next Articles

中国南海软珊瑚Scleronephthya sp.化学成分的研究

严小红a, 郭跃伟*,a, 朱兴族a, MOLLO Ernestob, CIMINO Guidob   

  1. a中国科学院上海生命科学研究院药物研究所 国家新药研究重点实验室 上海 201203;
    bIstituto di Chimica Biomolecolare-CNR, 80078 (Puzzuoli NA), Italy
  • 收稿日期:2004-01-13 修回日期:2004-04-19 接受日期:2004-04-19 发布日期:2022-09-20
  • 基金资助:
    国家海洋863计划(Nos. 2001AA620403, 2003AA624030)、国家杰出青年基金(No. 30125044)、中-意双边国际合作基金(CNR/CAS Joint Projects 2001/2004)资助项目.

Studies on Chemical Constituents of the Soft Coral Scleronephthya sp. from the South China Sea

YAN Xiao-Honga, GUO Yue-Wei*,a, ZHU Xing-Zua, MOLLO Ernestob, CIMINO Guidob   

  1. aState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203;
    bIstituto di Chimica Biomolecolare-CNR, (Puzzuoli NA) 80078, Italy
  • Received:2004-01-13 Revised:2004-04-19 Accepted:2004-04-19 Published:2022-09-20
  • Contact: * E-mail: ywguo@mail.shcnc.ac.cn

Thirteen compounds have been isolated from Et2O soluble fraction of the soft coral Scleronephthya sp. The structures of these compounds were characterizedby 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HMQC, HMBC, 1H-1H COSY, EIMS and compared with the data reported in literature as pregna-20-en-3β-O-acetate (1), pregna-5,20-dien-3β-O-acetate (2), pregna-20-en-3-one (3), 1,2-epoxypregna-20-en-3-one (4), pregna-1,20-dien-3-one (5), pregna-1-en-3-one-20-S-methyl-21-O-acetate (6), pregna-1-en-3-one-20β-O-acetate (7), cholest-1-en-3,22-dione (8), cholest-1,24-en-3-one-22,23-diol (9), O-methylisogrifolin (10), (1R,3S,4S,7E,11E)-3α,4α-epoxycembra-7,11,15-triene (11),(3R,3R')-astaxanthin (12) and 6-bromoindole-3-carboxylic acid (13), respectively. Among them, compounds 4, 6 and 10 were first isolated from natural sources. Spectroscopicdata of compounds 6, 7 and 10 were first reported, and their13C NMR data were assigned by 2D NMR. This paper also discussed the possible biosynthesis of compounds 1~7. Compounds 6 and 7 showinhibitory activity to HELA cell line, and their IC50 values are 3.3 and 6.3 mol/L, respectively. Compound 7 also shows inhibitory activity to BEL7402 and HL-60 cel line, and its IC50 value is 3.1 and 0.26 mol/L, respectively. Compound 11 shows inhibitory activity to COX-2 with IC50of 0.455 mol/L.

Key words: Soft coral, Scleronephthya sp., chemical constituent