6-Desmethoxyhormothamnione, a new cytotoxic styrylchromone from the marine cryptophyte Chrysophaeum taylori

J Nat Prod. 1989 Mar-Apr;52(2):252-6. doi: 10.1021/np50062a005.

Abstract

Our previous chemical investigations of a yellow marine alga from Puerto Rico, tentatively identified as the tuft-forming cyanobacterium Hormothamnion enteromorphoides, led to the isolation of a structurally novel cytotoxic styrylchromone natural product, hormothamnione [2]. Continued chemical work with this organism has resulted in the isolation and spectroscopic structure elucidation of a closely related styrylchromone, 6-desmethoxyhormothamnione [1], which is also cytotoxic to cancer cells. The substitution pattern of proton, hydroxyl, and methoxyl groups on the chromone ring was established by long range 1H-13C heteronuclear correlation spectroscopy. The taxonomy of the source organism for these styrylchromone natural products, 1 and 2, is revised to the marine cryptophyte Chrysophaeum taylori as a result of detailed microscopic and cultural efforts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / analysis
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry
  • Chromones / analysis
  • Chromones / isolation & purification*
  • Eukaryota / analysis*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Chromones
  • 6-desmethoxyhormothamnione