Alcyonacea: A Potential Source for Production of Nitrogen-Containing Metabolites

Autor: Walied Mohamed Alarif, Ahmed Abdel-Lateff, Hajer Saeed Alorfi, Najla Ali Alburae
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 24, Iss 2, p 286 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24020286
Popis: Alcyonacea (soft corals and gorgonia) are well known for their production of a wide array of unprecedented architecture of bioactive metabolites. This diversity of compounds reported from Alcyonacea confirms its productivity as a source of drug leads and, consequently, indicates requirement of further chemo-biological investigation. This review can be considered a roadmap to investigate the Alcyonacea, particularly those produce nitrogen-containing metabolites. It covers the era from the beginning of marine nitrogen-containing terpenoids isolation from Alcyonacea up to December 2018. One hundred twenty-one compounds with nitrogenous moiety are published from fifteen genera. Their prominent biological activity is evident in their antiproliferative effect, which makes them interesting as potential leads for antitumor agents. For instance, eleutherobin and sarcodictyins are in preclinical or clinical stages.
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