title: Bioactive brominated metabolites from the red sea sponge Suberea mollis.
abstract: Reinvestigation of the Red Sea sponge Suberea mollis afforded two new bromotyrosine-derived alkaloids, subereamollines A (1) and B (2), two new brominated phenolic compounds, subereaphenols B (7) and C (9), and the known compounds aerothionin (3), homoaerothionin (4), 11,19-dideoxyfistularin-3 (5), aeroplysinin-1 (6), and aeroplysinin-2 (8). The structure determination of the isolated compounds was assigned using one- and two-dimensional NMR spectra and HRFABMS data. The antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the isolated compounds have been evaluated. Aeroplysinin-1 displayed significant antimicrobial activity against S. aureus, P. aerugenosa, and K. pneumoniae. The isolated compounds were examined for their antioxidant activity using a 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) solution-based chemical assay. Among the tested compounds, only subereaphenols B and C displayed a significant effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21521, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mohamed I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Abou-Shoer
authors.forename: Lamiaa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Shaala
authors.forename: Diaa T A
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Youssef
authors.forename: Jihan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Badr
authors.forename: Abdel-Azim M
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Habib
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001966:Bromine / Q000378:metabolism*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011161:Porifera / Q000378:metabolism*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001966:Bromine