New antibacterial sesquiterpene aminoquinones from a Vietnamese marine sponge of Spongia sp.

Hien Minh Nguyen, Takuya Ito*, Nwet Nwet Win, Takeshi Kodama, Vo Quoc Hung, Hoai Thi Nguyen, Hiroyuki Morita

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Abstract

Two new sesquiterpene aminoquinones, langcoquinones A (1) and B (2), together with seven known meroterpenoids (3–9), were isolated from the marine sponge Spongia sp. collected in Vietnam. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses and comparisons with published data. The antibacterial activities of the isolated compounds (1–9) were investigated against four bacterial strains. Among these, the new sesquiterpene aminoquinones (1 and 2) and the known related compounds (3, 5, 6, 8, and 9) exhibited significant antibacterial activities against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis, with MICs ranging from 6.25 to 12.5 μM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)288-292
Number of pages5
JournalPhytochemistry Letters
Volume17
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016/09/01

Keywords

  • 4,9-Friedodrimane
  • Antibacterial activities
  • Marine sponge
  • Sesquiterpene aminoquinone
  • Smenospongine
  • Spongia sp.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Plant Science

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