title: Bioactive Diterpenoids Isolated from Dilophus ligulatus.
abstract: Nine diterpenoids, acetyldictyolal ( 1), epoxyoxodolabelladiene ( 2), dictyotalide B ( 3), neodictyolactono ( 4), pachylactone ( 5), the acetals 6A and 6B, isoacetoxycrenulatin ( 7), and dictyolactone ( 8) were isolated from the brown alga DILOPHUS LIGULATUS (Kütz.) Feldm. Their structures have been elucidated by comparison of mass, IR, (1)H- and (13)C-NMR spectra with reported literature data. Compounds 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8 exhibited antifungal activity. Cytotoxic activity against several types of mammalian cells (KB, P-388, P-388/DOX, and NSCLCN6-L16) in culture was examined for the 8 diterpenoids. Some of them showed stronger cyto-toxicity than mercaptopurine which was used as a positive control in this study.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U303 "Mer et Santé" B.P. 3, F-06230 Villefranche-sur-mer, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bouaïcha
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tringali
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pesando
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malléa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roussakis
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Verbist