文摘
Chemical investigation of the soft coral Cespitularia hypotentaculata resulted in the isolation of six new diterpenes, cespihypotins Q−V (1−6). The new metabolites comprised five verticillane-type diterpenes and one nor-verticillane derivative. Their structures were determined through detailed spectroscopic analyses, especially HRESIMS and 2D NMR techniques. The relative configuration was deduced by interpretation of NOESY spectra. Cespihypotin T (4) exhibited significant cytotoxic activity against human Daoy and WiDr tumor cell lines.