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Natural Product Research
Formerly Natural Product Letters
Volume 30, 2016 - Issue 24
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Isolation of a new cytotoxic polyhydroxysterol from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia sp.

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Pages 2819-2824 | Received 09 Dec 2015, Accepted 27 Feb 2016, Published online: 04 Apr 2016
 

Abstract

A new polyhydroxysterol, (22E)-24-methylenecholestane-22-ene-3β,5α,6β-triol (1), together with four known analogues (25) were isolated from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia sp. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses and comparison with previously reported data. All these compounds exhibited cytotoxic effect against both HepG2 and HeLa cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 8.36 to 37.30 μM. Preliminary structure–activity relationship study identified that the presence of double bonds in the side chains of these polyhydroxysterols significantly reduced the biological effect obtained.

Funding

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 21315046], [grant number 21172094], [grant number 41376155], [grant number 21372100], [grant number 31201028], [grant number U1301131]; the National High Technology Research and Development Program (‘863’ Program) of China [grant number 2013AA092902]; the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China [grant number 2013000000163].

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