Bicyclic alpha,omega-dicarboxylic acid derivatives from a colonial tunicate of the family Polyclinidae.
In the course of our search for bioactive metabolites from a colonial tunicate of the family Polyclinidae, six new (1-6) cyclic fatty acid derivatives were isolated. Their planar structures were established on the basis of NMR and MS spectroscopic analyses. The relative configuration was determined by NOESY experiment. Compounds 1-6 represent a fused bicyclic skeleton possibly derived from alpha,omega-dicarboxylic acids such as eicosanedioic acid or docosanedioic acid via a Diels-Alder type of cyclization. Compounds 1-4 and 6 showed mild cytotoxicity against a panel of five human solid tumor cell lines.
College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea.
Baoquan
B
Bao
Hung The
HT
Dang
Ping
P
Zhang
Jongki
J
Hong
Chong-O
CO
Lee
Hee Young
HY
Cho
Jee H
JH
Jung
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000633:toxicity; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D014561:Urochordata / Q000737:chemistry*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids