Cytotoxic diterpenoids from the soft coral Sinularia microclavata

The soft coral Sinularia microclavata collected from the bay of Sanya, Hainan Island, China, yielded a new diterpenoid, microclavatin (1), and a known cembranolide, capillolide (2). The structure of compound 1 was determined on the basis of spectroscopic methods and X-ray single-crystal diffraction analysis. Microclavatin (1) showed cytotoxic activities against tumor cell lines KB and MCF with IC50 values of 5.0 and 20.0 mu g/mL, respectively, and capillolide (2) showed potent cytotoxic activity against tumor cell lines (A-549) with an IC50 value of 0.5 mu g/mL.