Affiliation:
1. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Algomhuria st. 60, El-Mansoura 35516, Egypt
2. Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
3. Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Division of Pharmaceutical Industries, National Research Centre, El-Behoos st. 33, Dokki-Cairo 12622, Egypt
Abstract
From the dichloromethane extract of the marine green alga Ulva fasciata Delile, collected from the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, three new fatty acids, namely, (E)-11-oxo-octadeca-12-enoic acid (1a), (E)-11-hydroxy-octadeca-12-enoic acid (2a) and 6-hydroxy-oct-7-enoic acid (3a) together with cholesterol were isolated. Analysis of the unpolar part of the extract using GC-MS detected the existence of further ten compounds, namely, dimethylsulfoxide, dimethylsulfone, phenylacetamide, 6,10,14-trimethyl-pentadecan-2-one, 8-heptadecene, dodecane, tridecane, 4-oxo-pentanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, and the naturally new 1,1ʹ-bicyclohexyl. Structures of the isolated compounds 1a - 3a were confirmed by spectroscopic analyses including mass spectra (EI-MS, HR/ESIMS), 1D and 2D NMR experiments, and by the synthetic conversion into their corresponding methyl esters 1b - 3b. The algal extract and its components were comparatively examined against several pathogenic microorganisms, and brine shrimps for cytotoxicity.