title: 5,6:8,9-diepoxy and other cytotoxic sterols from the marine sponge Homaxinella sp.
abstract: Four new (1, 2, 4, and 5) and 14 known (3 and 6-18) polyoxygenated sterols have been isolated from the MeOH extract of the marine sponge Homaxinella sp. by bioactivity-guided fractionation. The planar structures of the sterols were established by 1D and 2D NMR and MS spectroscopic analysis. 5,6:8,9-Diepoxy sterols (1-3) were isolated from a marine organism for the first time. The isolated sterols were tested against a panel of five human solid tumor cell lines and exhibited varying degrees of cytotoxicity.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea.
authors.forename: Tayyab A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Mansoor
authors.forename: Yoon Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jongki
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Chong-O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kwang Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Jee H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011161:Porifera / Q000737:chemistry*; D013261:Sterols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D013261:Sterols