Antimalarial, antiviral, and antitoxoplasmosis norsesterterpene peroxide acids from the red sea sponge Diacarnus erythraeanus

Khalid A. El Sayed, Mark T. Hamann, Nadia E. Hashish, W. Thomas Shier, Michelle Kelly, Anis A. Khan

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Abstract

A new norsesterterpene acid, named muqubilone (1), along with the known sigmosceptrellin-B and muqubilin were isolated from the Red Sea sponge Diacarnus erythraeanus. The structure determination of 1 was based primarily on 1D and 2D NMR analyses. Sigmosceptrellin-B exhibits significant in vitro antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum (D6 and W2 clones) with IC50 values of 1200 and 3400 ng/mL, respectively. Muqubilin and 1 show in vitro antiviral activity against herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) with ED50 values of 7.5 and 30 μg/mL, respectively. Muqubilin and sigmosceptrellin-B display potent in vitro activity against Toxoplasma gondii at a concentration of 0.1 μM without significant toxicity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)522-524
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume64
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2001

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