Abstract
Marine organism extracts were prepared from 26 species of Korean indigenous marine organisms, including 25 species belonging in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria and a species belonging to subphylum Urochordata of phylum Chordata, and screened their inhibitory effects against μ-calpain. As a result, the thirteen extracts were found to be active in the criteria of IC50 << 100 μg/mL. Among them, the MeOH extracts of Plexauroides praelonga and Alveopora japonica showed remarkable μ-calpain inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 4.62 ± 0.22 and 4.82 ± 0.07 μg/mL, respectively. In addition, chemical investigation of A. japonica led to the isolation of an active compound, hexadecyl tetradecanoate, as a selective cathepsin B inhibitor (IC5o = 9.05 ± 2.45 μM). This compound was isolated as constituent of A. japonica for the first time in the present study.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 102-105 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Natural Product Sciences |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - Jun 2012 |
Keywords
- Alveopora japonica
- Cathepsin b
- Coral
- Hexadecyl tetradecanoate
- Korean indigenous marine organism
- μ-calpain