Nematocidal Thiocyanatins from a Southern Australian Marine Sponge <i>Oceanapia</i> sp.
作者:Robert J. Capon、Colin Skene、Edward Hsiang-Te Liu、Ernest Lacey、Jennifer H. Gill、Kirstin Heiland、Thomas Friedel
DOI:10.1021/np049977y
日期:2004.8.1
Investigations of a southern Australian marine sponge, Oceanapia sp., have yielded two new methyl branched bisthiocyanates, thiocyanatins D-1 (3a) and D-2 (3b), along with two new thiocarbamate thiocyanates, thiocyanatins E-l (4a) and E-2 (4b). The new thiocyanatins belong to a rare class of bioactive marine metabolite previously only represented by thiocyanatins A-C (1, 2a/b). Structures were assigned on the basis of detailed spectroscopic analysis, with comparisons to the known bisthiocyanate thiocyanatin A (1) and synthetic model compounds (5-7). The thiocyanatins exhibit potent nematocidal activity, and preliminary structure-activity relationship investigations have confirmed key characteristics of the thiocyanatin pharmacophore.