Sains Malaysiana 47(2)(2018):
              319-322
                  
            
                http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2018-4702-14  
            
               
            
            Chabrolene, a
              Novel Norditerpene from the Bornean Soft Coral Nephthea sp.
                
              
            (Chabrolene, Sebatian Novel Norditerpene daripada Karang Lembut Bornean Nephthea sp.)
              
            
            
               
            
            Takahiro Ishii, Takashi
              Kamada, Chin-Soon Phan & Charles S. Vairappan*
              
            
            
               
            
            Institute
              for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
              
            
            88400
              Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
              
            
            
               
            
            Diserahkan: 6 Julai 2017/Diterima: 7 September 2017
              
            
            
               
            
                ABSTRACT 
                 
    Soft corals are often the research interest 
                  organism due to their structural diverse secondary metabolites 
                  with wide spectrum of biological activities range from antibacterial 
                  to anticancer potentials. The Borneo Island is rich in diversity 
                  of marine organisms including soft coral. Therefore, a population 
                  of Bornean soft coral belongs to genus Nephthea was collected 
                  from Mantanani Island (Sabah, Malaysia) which led to the isolation 
                  of a novel norditerpene, chabrolene (1) together with three known compounds (2-4). The chemical structure of 1 was determined by NMR and HREIMS data. 
                  Compound 1 exhibited repellent activity against the 
                  maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais. 
                  
            
               
            
                Keywords: Nephthea sp.; norditerpene; 
                  repellent activity; Sitophilus zeamais; soft coral  
            
               
            
                ABSTRAK 
                 
    Karang lembut sering dikenali sebagai organisma yang penting 
                  dalam penyelidikan disebabkan oleh metabolit sekunder yang pelbagai 
                  struktur. Selain itu, ia juga mempunyai pelbagai aktiviti biologi terdiri daripada 
                  potensi antibakteria hingga anti-kanser. Pulau Borneo kaya dengan 
                  kepelbagaian organisma marin termasuk 
                  karang lembut. Oleh itu, satu populasi karang lembut Bornean 
                  genus Nephthea dikumpulkan dari Pulau Mantanani (Sabah, Malaysia) 
                  dan mendapati satu norditerpene baru, chabrolene (1) dan tiga sebatian yang 
                  telah dikenal pasti (2-4). Struktur 
                  kimia untuk keempat-empat sebatian ini dikenal pasti berdasarkan 
                  analisis data spektroskopi NMR dan HREIMS. Sebatian 1 didapati mempunyai 
                  aktiviti penolak terhadap kutu jagung Sitophilus zeamais.   
                  
            
               
            
            Kata kunci: Aktiviti penolak; karang
              lembut; Nephthea sp.; norditerpene; Sitophilus zeamais
                
              
            
               
            
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