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Pure Appl. Chem., 2001, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 589-593

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200173030589

Bioactive compounds from coral reef invertebrates

Tatsuo Higa*, Junichi Tanaka, Ikuko I. Ohtani, Musri Musman, Michael C. Roy and Ikuma Kuroda

Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan

Abstract: Manzamine A (1) known as a cytotoxin exhibited potent antimalarial activity with 40% recovery 60 days after single intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection against mice infected with the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. Pachastrisamine (6), a simple derivative of a sphingosine, isolated from a sponge, Pachastrissa sp. showed a high level of cytotoxicity. New sesquiterpene carbonimidic dichlorides and related aldehydes (8­12) have been isolated as cytotoxic constituents of the sponge Stylotella aurantium and shown to have moderate cytotoxicity. Cyclic undecapeptides, barangamides A­D (13­16), have been isolated from the sponge Theonella swinhoei. Their structures were established by spectroscopic analysis and chemical reaction.