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Two novel glycosides, apostichoposide A1 (1) and B1 (2), were isolated from the viscera of Chinese sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus, Selenka) collected in the Bohai sea. Both the isolated glycosides were characterized by non-holostane type aglycones having 18(16)-lactone and 7(8)-double bond. Cytotoxic activities of the two compounds were evaluated against three human cancer cell lines. Compound 1 had adequate cytotoxic activity against MGC-803 and PC-3M cell lines. Our results indicated that glycosides present in A. japonicus viscera are an important high value resource for biotechnological applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

p-Terphenyls consisting of a C-18 tricyclic or polycyclic C-18 aromatic skeleton, have diverse structures because of the variation of the middle ring and the connections between the rings, and to the main skeleton. p-Terphenyls have recently been found to exhibit various biological activities such as cytotoxic, a-glucosidase inhibitory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activity. In this review, we briefly summarized the structural varieties, biosyntheses, and bioactivities of natural pterphenyl derivatives referring to the recent 10 years' publications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One new diketopiperazine heterodimer, asperazine A (1), and eight known compounds, asperazine (2), cyclo(d-Phe-l-Trp) (3), cyclo(l-Trp-l-Trp) (4), 4-(hydroxymethyl)-5,6-dihydro-pyran-2-one (5), walterolactone A (6), and campyrones A–C (7–9), were isolated from an endophytic fungus Aspergillus niger. Their structures were determined unequivocally on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data analysis. This is the first report of the presence of compound 3 as a natural product. Cytotoxicity test against human cancer cell lines PC3, A2780, K562, MBA-MD-231, and NCI-H1688 revealed that compounds 1 and 2 had weak activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new staurosporine analog, 10'-{5''-[(methoxycarbonyl)amino]-2''-methyl}-phenylaminocarbonylstaurosporine (1), together with staurosporine (2), was obtained from the culture broth of Actinomycetes Streptomyces sp. (172614). Their structures were elucidated by comprehensive spectroscopic analysis including UV, MS, NMR, and CD spectra. Pharmacological experiments revealed that 1 and 2 showed significant cytotoxicity against human colon tumor cell HCT-116. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]