• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.253-256
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• 2005

An investigation of the MeOH soluble fractions of marine sponge Psammocinia sp. (Order: Dictyoceratida) led to the isolation of a new epidioxy sterol (1) and four known sterols (2-5). Their planar structures were defined by analyses of the spectroscopic data. The 27-nor-24-methylcholestan type side chain with an epidioxy nucleus (1) was unprecedented. Compounds 1-5 were isolated from a sponge Psammocinia sp. for the first time.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.64 no.1
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• pp.33-38
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• 2021

Marine sponges contain pharmacologically attractive substances that exhibit strong cytotoxicity and are used as materials to isolate potential drug candidates. However, with a growing interest in marine ecosystem conservation, it is becoming increasingly difficult to gather a sponge for natural product research. To build a database to cope with this issue, we measured the neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory activity of 181 sponge extracts. As a result, we found 17 samples with neuroprotective effects and 14 samples with anti-inflammatory effects. In addition, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis was performed to compare the components contained in each sample, and based on HPLC profiles, a dendrogram according to similarity was created. The results of this study suggested the possibility of discovering the active compounds in the sponge and laid the basis for efficient research on the sponge.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.11
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• pp.3360-3362
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• 2014

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.202-205
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• 2014

Three compounds including 7,7-bis(3-indolyl)-p-cresol (1), cyclo-(S-Pro-R-Leu) (2) and cyclo-(S-Pro-R-Val) (3) were isolated from the strain of Bacillus megaterium LC derived from the marine sponge Haliclona oculata. All the isolated compounds showed antimicrobial activity at MIC values ranging from 0.005 to $5{\mu}g/mL$ against Gram-negative bacteria Vibrio vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus, gram-positive bacteria Bacillus cereus and Micrococcus luteus, and the dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes. The results suggested that these compounds might have potential to be developed as agents treating dermatosis and controlling vibriosis in aquaculture.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.3-7
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• 1995

A new species of Epperiopsis (Esperiopsidae) , collected from Chindo, is described under name of Esperiopsis chindoensis.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.729-733
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• 1998

The crude extract of Streptomyces sp. strain KM86-9B, isolated from a marine sponge, displayed significant inhibition on topoisomerase I activity. Investigation of the ca usative components by bioactivity-directed fractionation resulted in the isolation of a series of iso- and anteiso-fatty acids.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.15-20
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• 2020

The marine sponge Hyrtios sp. collected in the Philippines was extracted and partitioned. The resulting organic layer was purified by C₁₈ reversed-phase column chromatography and HPLC to achieve the separation of nine scalarane-type sesterterpenes, including one new compound with eight known scalarane analogs. The chemical structures of the isolated compounds 1-9 were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR and MS data analysis. All nine compounds were evaluated for their antibacterial activities against three Gram-positive and three Gram-negative bacteria. The compound 3 exhibited potent antibacterial activities against Bacillus subtilis and Micrococcus luteus. The compounds 7 and 9 displayed considerable activities against Bacillus subtilis and the others had moderate results.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.23-28
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• 2015

Four spiroketal sestertepenoids (1 ~ 4) were isolated from the marine sponge Haliclona species. Their planar structures were completely determined from a combination of extensive 1D and 2D NMR experiments, and also the relative stereochemistry on the chiral centers were established by the ROESY experiment. Compounds 1 ~ 3 were determined as the same planar structures with different stereochemistry on the chiral centers C-11 and C-13. Of these, 1 was identified as a new stereoisomer. Four compounds showed the inhibition effect of nitric oxide (NO) production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells (0.7~2.0 g/ml).

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.401-406
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• 2000

Marine sponges are known to be a source of diverse sterols. In our study on the cytotoxic components of the marine sponge Spirastrella abata, $5{\alpha},8{\alpha}-epidioxy\;{\Delta}^6$ sterols (1-5) and $5{\alpha},8{\alpha}-epidioxy\;{\Delta}^{6,9(11)}$ sterols (6-7) were isolated. The structures were identified based on the analyses of $^1H-NMR,\;^{13)C-NMR$, and MS data. These compounds were assayed for cytotoxicity against 5 human solid tumor cell lines including A549, SK-OV- 3, SK-MEL-2, XF498, and HCT15.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.59-63
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• 2002

Some marine sponges were collected from intertidal zone of Jeju Island with hands during the period from 2000 to 2002 Among them, two species, Strongylacidon conulosa Bergquist and Fromont, 1988 and Haliclona brøndstedi Bergquist and Warne, 1980 are newly recorded in Korea.