Antimalarial bromophycolides J-Q from the Fijian red alga Callophycus serratus

J Org Chem. 2009 Apr 3;74(7):2736-42. doi: 10.1021/jo900008w.

Abstract

Bromophycolides J-Q (1-8) were isolated from extracts of the Fijian red alga Callophycus serratus and identified with 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and mass spectral analyses. These diterpene-benzoate macrolides represent two novel carbon skeletons and add to the 10 previously reported bromophycolides (9-18) from this alga. Among these 18 bromophycolides, several exhibited activities in the low micromolar range against the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / chemistry*
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / pharmacology
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Rhodophyta / chemistry*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Diterpenes