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Marine Drugs, Volume 10, Issue 5

May 2012 - 16 articles

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Articles (16)

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
7,705 Views
12 Pages

23 May 2012

Lagunamides A (1) and B (2) are potent cytotoxic cyclic depsipeptides isolated from the filamentous marine cyanobacterium, Lyngbya majuscula, from Pulau Hantu, Singapore. These compounds are structurally related to the aurilide-class of molecules, wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,105 Views
18 Pages

Preclinical Evaluation of Anticancer Efficacy and Pharmacological Properties of FBA-TPQ, a Novel Synthetic Makaluvamine Analog

  • Xiangrong Zhang,
  • Hongxia Xu,
  • Xu Zhang,
  • Sukesh Voruganti,
  • Srinivasan Murugesan,
  • Dwayaja H. Nadkarni,
  • Sadanandan E. Velu,
  • Ming-Hai Wang,
  • Wei Wang and
  • Ruiwen Zhang

23 May 2012

We have recently designed and synthesized a novel iminoquinone anticancer agent, 7-(4-fluorobenzylamino)-1,3,4,8-tetrahydropyrrolo[4,3,2-de]quinolin-8(1H)-one (FBA-TPQ) and initiated its preclinical development. Herein we investigated its efficacy, s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,912 Views
13 Pages

Briarenolides F and G, New Briarane Diterpenoids from a Briareum sp. Octocoral

  • Pei-Han Hong,
  • Yin-Di Su,
  • Jui-Hsin Su,
  • Yung-Husan Chen,
  • Tsong-Long Hwang,
  • Ching-Feng Weng,
  • Chia-Hung Lee,
  • Zhi-Hong Wen,
  • Jyh-Horng Sheu and
  • Nai-Cheng Lin
  • + 2 authors

23 May 2012

Two new briarane diterpenoids, briarenolides, F (1) and G (2), were isolated from an octocoral identified as Briareum sp. The structures of briaranes 1 and 2 were established by spectroscopic methods and by comparison of the spectroscopic data with t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,633 Views
11 Pages

Bioactive Compounds from a Gorgonian Coral Echinomuricea sp. (Plexauridae)

  • Hsu-Ming Chung,
  • Pei-Han Hong,
  • Jui-Hsin Su,
  • Tsong-Long Hwang,
  • Mei-Chin Lu,
  • Lee-Shing Fang,
  • Yang-Chang Wu,
  • Jan-Jung Li,
  • Jih-Jung Chen and
  • Wei-Hsien Wang
  • + 1 author

23 May 2012

A new labdane-type diterpenoid, echinolabdane A (1), and a new sterol, 6-epi-yonarasterol B (2), were isolated from a gorgonian coral identified as Echinomuricea sp. The structures of metabolites 1 and 2 were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Echi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,689 Views
12 Pages

23 May 2012

To compare the chemical differences between the medicinal and cultured oyster shells, their chemical profiles were investigated. Using the ultra performance liquid chromatography-electron spraying ionization-mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-MS), combined...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,807 Views
23 Pages

Geographic Variability and Anti-Staphylococcal Activity of the Chrysophaentins and Their Synthetic Fragments

  • Jessica L. Keffer,
  • Jared T. Hammill,
  • John R. Lloyd,
  • Alberto Plaza,
  • Peter Wipf and
  • Carole A. Bewley

22 May 2012

Drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a continuing public health concern, both in the hospital and community settings. Antibacterial compounds that possess novel structural scaffolds and are effective against multiple S. aureus strains, including c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
8,779 Views
11 Pages

Structure Elucidation and Anticancer Activity of 7-Oxostaurosporine Derivatives from the Brazilian Endemic Tunicate Eudistoma vannamei

  • Paula Christine Jimenez,
  • Diego Veras Wilke,
  • Elthon Gois Ferreira,
  • Renata Takeara,
  • Manoel Odorico De Moraes,
  • Edilberto Rocha Silveira,
  • Tito Monteiro Da Cruz Lotufo,
  • Norberto Peporine Lopes and
  • Leticia Veras Costa-Lotufo

21 May 2012

The present study reports the identification of two new staurosporine derivatives, 2-hydroxy-7-oxostaurosporine (1) and 3-hydroxy-7-oxostaurosporine (2), obtained from mid-polar fractions of an aqueous methanol extract of the tunicate Eudistoma vanna...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
8,216 Views
15 Pages

18 May 2012

Lizard fish (Saurida elongata) muscle protein was hydrolyzed using neutral protease to produce protein hydrolysate (LFPH), and the hydrolysis conditions were investigated using response-surface methodology. The optimum conditions for producing peptid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
78 Citations
11,476 Views
11 Pages

Pullularins E and F, Two New Peptides from the Endophytic Fungus Bionectria ochroleuca Isolated from the Mangrove Plant Sonneratia caseolaris

  • Weaam Ebrahim,
  • Julia Kjer,
  • Mustapha El Amrani,
  • Victor Wray,
  • Wenhan Lin,
  • Rainer Ebel,
  • Daowan Lai and
  • Peter Proksch

18 May 2012

Chemical investigation of the EtOAc extract of the endophytic fungus Bionectria ochroleuca, isolated from the inner leaf tissues of the plant Sonneratia caseolaris (Sonneratiaceae) from Hainan island (China), yielded two new peptides, pullularins E a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,326 Views
22 Pages

9 May 2012

The dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum produces paralyzing shellfish poisons that are consumed and accumulated by bivalves. We performed short-term feeding experiments to examine ingestion, accumulation, biotransformation, histopathology, and paral...

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