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Marine Drugs, Volume 20, Issue 3

March 2022 - 63 articles

Cover Story: Species misidentification in sponge natural products is an acknowledged problem. In this case study, we report isomalabaricane triterpenes, isolated from four demosponge genera: Jaspis, Geodia, Stelletta and Rhabdastrella from 44 articles (1981–2022). Overall, 65.9% of the studies published an incorrect species name: previously identified Jaspis and Stelletta species were certainly Rhabdastrella globostellata. We conclude that isomalabaricane triterpenes were isolated from only two Rhabdastrella species and possibly one Geodia species. This study highlights the importance of vouchers to revisit chemotaxonomy issues and ensure reproducibility of studies. A common protocol of good practice in sponge natural product studies is suggested. View this paper
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Articles (63)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,615 Views
9 Pages

20 March 2022

Three complex polyoxygenated diterpenoids possessing uncommon tetradecahydro-2,13:6,9-diepoxybenzo[10]annulene scaffold, namely ximaoornatins A–C (1–3), one new eunicellin-type diterpene, litophynin K (4), and a related known compound, li...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,701 Views
24 Pages

In Vitro Anticancer and Cancer-Preventive Activity of New Triterpene Glycosides from the Far Eastern Starfish Solaster pacificus

  • Timofey V. Malyarenko,
  • Olesya S. Malyarenko,
  • Alla A. Kicha,
  • Anatoly I. Kalinovsky,
  • Pavel S. Dmitrenok and
  • Natalia V. Ivanchina

20 March 2022

Sea stars or starfish (class Asteroidea) and holothurians or sea cucumbers (class Holothuroidea), belonging to the phylum Echinodermata (echinoderms), are characterized by different sets of glycosidic metabolites: the steroid type in starfish and the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,361 Views
8 Pages

Nitrogen-Containing Secondary Metabolites from a Deep-Sea Fungus Aspergillus unguis and Their Anti-Inflammatory Activity

  • Cao Van Anh,
  • Yeo Dae Yoon,
  • Jong Soon Kang,
  • Hwa-Sun Lee,
  • Chang-Su Heo and
  • Hee Jae Shin

20 March 2022

Aspergillus is well-known as the second-largest contributor of fungal natural products. Based on NMR guided isolation, three nitrogen-containing secondary metabolites, including two new compounds, variotin B (1) and coniosulfide E (2), together with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
9,739 Views
45 Pages

In Silico Evaluation of Antifungal Compounds from Marine Sponges against COVID-19-Associated Mucormycosis

  • Omkar Pokharkar,
  • Hariharan Lakshmanan,
  • Grigory Zyryanov and
  • Mikhail Tsurkan

20 March 2022

The world is already facing the devastating effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. A disseminated mucormycosis epidemic emerged to worsen this situation, causing havoc, especially in India. This research aimed to perform a multitargeted docking study of...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,299 Views
9 Pages

Unique Cyclized Thiolopyrrolones from the Marine-Derived Streptomyces sp. BTBU20218885

  • Fuhang Song,
  • Jiansen Hu,
  • Xinwan Zhang,
  • Wei Xu,
  • Jinpeng Yang,
  • Shaoyong Li and
  • Xiuli Xu

18 March 2022

Two new cyclized thiolopyrrolone derivatives, namely, thiolopyrrolone A (1) and 2,2-dioxidothiolutin (2), together with the kn own compound, thiolutin (3) were identified from a marine-derived Streptomyces sp. BTBU20218885, which was isolated from a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,980 Views
12 Pages

New Sorbicillinoids with Tea Pathogenic Fungus Inhibitory Effect from Marine-Derived Fungus Hypocrea jecorina H8

  • Shun-Zhi Liu,
  • Guang-Xin Xu,
  • Feng-Ming He,
  • Wei-Bo Zhang,
  • Zhen Wu,
  • Ming-Yu Li,
  • Xi-Xiang Tang and
  • Ying-Kun Qiu

17 March 2022

Four new dimeric sorbicillinoids (1–3 and 5) and a new monomeric sorbicillinoid (4) as well as six known analogs (6–11) were purified from the fungal strain Hypocrea jecorina H8, which was obtained from mangrove sediment, and showed poten...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,726 Views
11 Pages

Butenolides from the Coral-Derived Fungus Aspergillius terreus SCSIO41404

  • Qingyun Peng,
  • Weihao Chen,
  • Xiuping Lin,
  • Jiao Xiao,
  • Yonghong Liu and
  • Xuefeng Zhou

17 March 2022

Five undescribed butenolides including two pairs of enantiomers, (+)-asperteretal G (1a), (−)-asperteretal G (1b), (+)-asperteretal H (2a), (−)-asperteretal H (2b), asperteretal I (3), and para-hydroxybenzaldehyde derivative, (S)-3-(2,3-d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,015 Views
15 Pages

Pyranodipyran Derivatives with Tyrosyl DNA Phosphodiesterase 1 Inhibitory Activities and Fluorescent Properties from Aspergillus sp. EGF 15-0-3

  • Xia Wei,
  • Fang-Ting Wang,
  • Mei-Xia Si-Tu,
  • Hao Fan,
  • Jin-Shan Hu,
  • Hao Yang,
  • Shan-Yue Guan,
  • Lin-Kun An and
  • Cui-Xian Zhang

17 March 2022

Four new benzodipyran racemates, namely (±)-aspergiletals A–D (3–6), representing a rare pyrano[4,3-h]chromene scaffold were isolated together with eurotiumide G (1) and eurotiumide F (2) from the soft-coral-derived fungus Aspergil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,426 Views
16 Pages

16 March 2022

Seaweed endophytic (algicolous) fungi are talented producers of bioactive natural products. We have previously isolated two strains of the endophytic fungus, Pyrenochaetopsis sp. FVE-001 and FVE-087, from the thalli of the brown alga Fucus vesiculosu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,290 Views
17 Pages

Comparative Venomics of C. flavidus and C. frigidus and Closely Related Vermivorous Cone Snails

  • S. W. A. Himaya,
  • Alexander Arkhipov,
  • Wai Ying Yum and
  • Richard J. Lewis

15 March 2022

Cone snail venom biodiversity reflects dietary preference and predatory and defensive envenomation strategies across the ≈900 species of Conidae. To better understand the mechanisms of adaptive radiations in closely related species, we investigated t...

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