Bioactive brominated metabolites from the red sea sponge Suberea mollis

J Nat Prod. 2008 Aug;71(8):1464-7. doi: 10.1021/np800142n. Epub 2008 Jul 26.

Abstract

Reinvestigation of the Red Sea sponge Suberea mollis afforded two new bromotyrosine-derived alkaloids, subereamollines A (1) and B (2), two new brominated phenolic compounds, subereaphenols B (7) and C (9), and the known compounds aerothionin (3), homoaerothionin (4), 11,19-dideoxyfistularin-3 (5), aeroplysinin-1 (6), and aeroplysinin-2 (8). The structure determination of the isolated compounds was assigned using one- and two-dimensional NMR spectra and HRFABMS data. The antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the isolated compounds have been evaluated. Aeroplysinin-1 displayed significant antimicrobial activity against S. aureus, P. aerugenosa, and K. pneumoniae. The isolated compounds were examined for their antioxidant activity using a 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) solution-based chemical assay. Among the tested compounds, only subereaphenols B and C displayed a significant effect.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bromine / metabolism*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Porifera / metabolism*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bromine