title: Dendocarbins A--N, new drimane sesquiterpenes from the nudibranch Dendrodoris carbunculosa.
abstract: Fourteen new sesquiterpenes of the drimane series dendocarbins A--N (1--14) were obtained from ethanol extracts of the Japanese nudibranch Dendrodoris carbunculosa, together with two known compounds, isodrimeninol (15) and 11-epivaldiviolide (16). All structures were elucidated mainly from spectral data, and most of these sesquiterpenes were found to exhibit cytotoxicity. In addition, isodrimeninol (15), the major sesquiterpene of this animal, was found to have a sharp peppery taste.
authors: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Sakio
authors: Y J
authors: YJ
authors: Hirano
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hayashi
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Komiyama
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ishibashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007941:Leukemia P388 / Q000188:drug therapy; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008974:Mollusca / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D012717:Sesquiterpenes