Cytotoxic Steroids from the Vietnamese Soft Coral Sinularia conferta

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2017 Mar 1;65(3):300-305. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c16-00881. Epub 2017 Jan 12.

Abstract

Twelve steroids, including five new compounds 1-5, were isolated and structurally elucidated from a methanol extract of the Vietnamese soft coral Sinularia conferta. Their cytotoxic effects against three human cancer cell lines, lung carcinoma (A-549), cervical adenocarcinoma (HeLa), and pancreatic epithelioid carcinoma (PANC-1), were evaluated using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays. Among isolated compounds, 10 exhibited potent cytotoxic effects on all three tested cell lines with IC50 values of 3.64±0.18, 19.34±0.42, and 1.78±0.69 µM, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Steroids / chemistry
  • Steroids / isolation & purification*
  • Steroids / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Steroids