Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2024, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 189-197.doi: 10.11978/2023132CSTR: 32234.14.2023132

• Exploitation of Marine Resources • Previous Articles    

Chemical composition and antibacterial activities of the soft coral Lobophytum sp. from the South China Sea

SUN Manman1,2,3(), ZENG Yanbo1,3(), XU Han2,4, YAO Ligong2, GUO Yuewei2, SU Mingzhi2()   

  1. 1. Ocean College of Hebei Agricultural University, Qinhuangdao 066000, China
    2. Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai 264117, China
    3. Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bio-resources, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
    4. School of Pharmcy, Yantai University, Yantai 264000, China
  • Received:2023-09-04 Revised:2023-10-05 Online:2024-07-10 Published:2024-07-22
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(81991521); National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC2804100)

Abstract:

To investigate the chemical composition and biological activity of the soft coral Lobophytum sp. collected from South China Sea. A series of methods such as silica gel column chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, and semi-preparative high performance liquid chromatography were used to separate and purify. The structure of the compounds was characterized by analysis of NMR data and comparison with the data reported in literature. Twelve compounds were identified from the soft coral Lobophytum sp., including nine diterpenoids: (+)-(7R, 8R)-epoxy-7, 8-dihydrocembrene C(1), (1R, 2E, 4R, 7E, 11E)-cembra-2, 7, 11- triene-4-ol(2), (-)-(2R, 7R, 8R)-sarcophytoxide(3), entsarcophine(4), sarcotenusene C(5), (7S, 8S)-epoxy-1, 3, 11-cembratrien-16-oic methyl ester(6), sarcophytonin B(7), sarcoconvolutum D(8), laevigatol A(9); three steroids: campesterol(10), (24S)-24-methylcholesterol(11), gorgonol(12). Compound 8 was isolated from the soft coral Lobophytum sp. for the first time. The bioassay results revealed that compounds 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10 show significant antibacterial activity against fish pathogens Photobacterium damselae FP2244, oxytetracycline-resistant Streptococcus parauberis SPOF3K, and human pathogen vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.

Key words: soft coral, Lobophytum sp., diterpenoid, steroid, antibacterial activity, drug-resistance bacteria