Red Algae (Rhodophyta) from the Coast of Madagascar: Preliminary Bioactivity Studies and Isolation of Natural Products

Autor: Marie Pascaline Rahelivao, Margit Gruner, Hanta Andriamanantoanina, Bakolinirina Andriamihaja, Ingmar Bauer, Hans-Joachim Knölker
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Marine Drugs, Vol 13, Iss 7, Pp 4197-4216 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1660-3397
DOI: 10.3390/md13074197
Popis: Several species of red algae (Rhodophyta) from the coastal regions of Madagascar have been investigated for their natural products. The most abundant compound was cholesterol (5) in combination with a series of oxidized congeners. The brominated indoles 1–3 along with the sesquiterpene debilone (4) have been isolated from Laurencia complanata. For the first time, debilone (4) has been obtained from a marine plant. From the methanol extract of Calloseris sp., we have achieved the second isolation of the unusual A-ring contracted steroids (−)-2-ethoxycarbonyl-2β-hydroxy-A-nor-cholest-5-en-4-one (9) and phorbasterone B (10). The crude extracts of Laurencia complanata exhibited antimicrobial activity against Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Candida albicans.
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