In this study, the chemical analysis of the marine sponge spieces, Haliclona cymaeformis, collected from the South China Sea was carried out, Two pairs of regioisomers of alkyl substitutional 6-oxy purine alkaloids(1a...In this study, the chemical analysis of the marine sponge spieces, Haliclona cymaeformis, collected from the South China Sea was carried out, Two pairs of regioisomers of alkyl substitutional 6-oxy purine alkaloids(1a/1b and 2a/2b) were isolated. All of them possess two structural moieties, a 6-oxy purine nucleus and a pentan-2-one or hexan-2-one alkyl chain. Among them, 1a and 2a are the major N-9-substitutional regioisomers, and 1b and 2b are the minor N-7-substitutional regioisomers.展开更多
Objective:To evaluate the antileishmanial activity of a marine spongeHaliclona oculata.Methods:The crude methanol extract was prepared from the freshly collected sponge and its three fractions were also prepared by ma...Objective:To evaluate the antileishmanial activity of a marine spongeHaliclona oculata.Methods:The crude methanol extract was prepared from the freshly collected sponge and its three fractions were also prepared by maceration method.The antileishmanial activity of these extract and fractions was tested againstLeishmania donovani.Results:The antileishmanial activity was tested bothin vitroand in vivo.The crude methanol extract exerted almost complete inhibition of promastigotes(81.0%±6.9%)and 78.8%±5.2%inhibition of intracellular amastigotes at 100μg/mL with IC_(50)values of 29.5μg/mL and 40.6μg/mL,respectively.The treatment of 500 mg/kg(p.o.)of the crude methanol extract for 5 d for Leishmania donovani infected hamsters resulted in 78.35%±10.20%inhibition of intracellular amastigotes.At a lower dose(250 mg/kg),it exhibited poor efficacy.Among the fractions,highestin vitro(>75%)and in vivo(84.3%±10.2%)antileishmanial activity was observed in n-chloroform fraction with IC_(50)values of 54.2μg/mL and 61μg/mL against promastigotes and intracellular amastigotes,respectively.Hexane fraction andn-butanol(both insoluble and soluble)fractions were found inactivein vitroand in vivo.Conclusions:Our findings indicate that this marine sponge has the potential to provide new insight toward development of an effective antileishmanial agent and,hence,more exhaustive studies are needed for exploiting the vast marine resources of the world to combat the scourge of several parasitic diseases.展开更多
Three species of sponges and a tunicate were collected from Obhur creek of Jeddah coast for this bioactivity study. In order to assess the antifouling efficacy of selected marine organisms, methanolic extracts of thes...Three species of sponges and a tunicate were collected from Obhur creek of Jeddah coast for this bioactivity study. In order to assess the antifouling efficacy of selected marine organisms, methanolic extracts of these organisms were tested against different fouling bacterial forms and II-instar stage of the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite. Antibiosis, bioactivity and followed by multivariate analyses were carried out to check the efficacy of antifouling effect of the selected marine organisms. Principal component analysis revealed the exemplary antifouling efficacy of the sponge extracts of Stylissa sp. observed followed by Hyrtios sp. against bacterial forms in the laboratory study. De-trended correspondence analysis confirmed that the contribution of antifouling efficacy of the selected sponge extracts was observed to be more towards Bacillus sp., Vibrio sp. and Alteromonas sp. Moreover, the efficacy of Hyrtios sp. extract(20.430 μg m L^(-1)) followed by Stylissa sp.(30.945 μg m L^(-1)) showed higher against barnacle instar compared with other extracts in the bioactivity assay. Bray-Curtis cluster analysis under paired linkage categorized all the sponge extracts into one major cluster with 75% similarity, and one outlier tunicate. More than 80% similarity observed between Hyrtios sp. and Stylissa sp. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) showed that the contribution of major peaks found in the marine organisms were towards sulfones, sulfoxides, cyanates and ketones.展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (No.16KJB350005)the Yangzhou University Foundation for Fostering Talents in the Science and Technology Innovation (No.2016CXJ052)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.81703411,U1606403)the Taishan Scholars Program,China
文摘In this study, the chemical analysis of the marine sponge spieces, Haliclona cymaeformis, collected from the South China Sea was carried out, Two pairs of regioisomers of alkyl substitutional 6-oxy purine alkaloids(1a/1b and 2a/2b) were isolated. All of them possess two structural moieties, a 6-oxy purine nucleus and a pentan-2-one or hexan-2-one alkyl chain. Among them, 1a and 2a are the major N-9-substitutional regioisomers, and 1b and 2b are the minor N-7-substitutional regioisomers.
基金Supported by MOES,New Delhi(Grant number SSP003).
文摘Objective:To evaluate the antileishmanial activity of a marine spongeHaliclona oculata.Methods:The crude methanol extract was prepared from the freshly collected sponge and its three fractions were also prepared by maceration method.The antileishmanial activity of these extract and fractions was tested againstLeishmania donovani.Results:The antileishmanial activity was tested bothin vitroand in vivo.The crude methanol extract exerted almost complete inhibition of promastigotes(81.0%±6.9%)and 78.8%±5.2%inhibition of intracellular amastigotes at 100μg/mL with IC_(50)values of 29.5μg/mL and 40.6μg/mL,respectively.The treatment of 500 mg/kg(p.o.)of the crude methanol extract for 5 d for Leishmania donovani infected hamsters resulted in 78.35%±10.20%inhibition of intracellular amastigotes.At a lower dose(250 mg/kg),it exhibited poor efficacy.Among the fractions,highestin vitro(>75%)and in vivo(84.3%±10.2%)antileishmanial activity was observed in n-chloroform fraction with IC_(50)values of 54.2μg/mL and 61μg/mL against promastigotes and intracellular amastigotes,respectively.Hexane fraction andn-butanol(both insoluble and soluble)fractions were found inactivein vitroand in vivo.Conclusions:Our findings indicate that this marine sponge has the potential to provide new insight toward development of an effective antileishmanial agent and,hence,more exhaustive studies are needed for exploiting the vast marine resources of the world to combat the scourge of several parasitic diseases.
基金funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research(DSR),King Abdulaziz University,Jeddah,under grant no.429/150/1433
文摘Three species of sponges and a tunicate were collected from Obhur creek of Jeddah coast for this bioactivity study. In order to assess the antifouling efficacy of selected marine organisms, methanolic extracts of these organisms were tested against different fouling bacterial forms and II-instar stage of the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite. Antibiosis, bioactivity and followed by multivariate analyses were carried out to check the efficacy of antifouling effect of the selected marine organisms. Principal component analysis revealed the exemplary antifouling efficacy of the sponge extracts of Stylissa sp. observed followed by Hyrtios sp. against bacterial forms in the laboratory study. De-trended correspondence analysis confirmed that the contribution of antifouling efficacy of the selected sponge extracts was observed to be more towards Bacillus sp., Vibrio sp. and Alteromonas sp. Moreover, the efficacy of Hyrtios sp. extract(20.430 μg m L^(-1)) followed by Stylissa sp.(30.945 μg m L^(-1)) showed higher against barnacle instar compared with other extracts in the bioactivity assay. Bray-Curtis cluster analysis under paired linkage categorized all the sponge extracts into one major cluster with 75% similarity, and one outlier tunicate. More than 80% similarity observed between Hyrtios sp. and Stylissa sp. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) showed that the contribution of major peaks found in the marine organisms were towards sulfones, sulfoxides, cyanates and ketones.
