title: Briarlides, briarane diterpenes from a gorgonian Briareum sp.
abstract: New briarane diterpenes, briarlides A-H (1-8), have been isolated from a gorgonian Briareum sp., collected at Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Their structures and cytotoxity toward Vero and MDCK cells are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, 1-21-35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan. iwagawa@sci.kogoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwagawa
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishitani
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurosaki
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Munehiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakatani
authors.forename: Matsumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doe
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takemura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D007564:Japan; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D014709:Vero Cells / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes