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Antifouling Activity of Secondary Metabolites Isolated from Chinese Marine Organisms

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Biofouling results in tremendous economic losses to maritime industries around the world. A recent global ban on the use of organotin compounds as antifouling agents has further raised demand for safe and effective antifouling compounds. In this study, 49 secondary metabolites, including diterpenoids, steroids, and polyketides, were isolated from soft corals, gorgonians, brown algae, and fungi collected along the coast of China, and their antifouling activity was tested against cyprids of the barnacle Balanus (Amphibalanus) amphitrite. Twenty of the compounds were found to inhibit larval settlement significantly at a concentration of 25 μg ml-1. Two briarane diterpenoids, juncin O (2) and juncenolide H (3), were the most promising non-toxic antilarval settlement candidates, with EC50 values less than 0.13 μg ml-1 and a safety ratio (LC50/EC50) higher than 400. A preliminary structure—activity relationships study indicated that both furanon and furan moieties are important for antifouling activity. Intriguingly, the presence of hydroxyls enhanced their antisettlement activity.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by a research grant (DY125-15-T-02) from the China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association, a joint research grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (N_HKUST602/09 and No. 41130858), and an award (SA-C0040/UK-C001) from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) granted to P.Y. Qian.

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  1. KAUST Global Collaborative Research, Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

    Yong-Xin Li, Hui-Xian Wu, Ying Xu & Pei-Yuan Qian

  2. College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

    Hui-Xian Wu

  3. Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Ministry of Education of China, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China

    Chang-Lun Shao & Chang-Yun Wang

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Y.-X. L. and H. W. contributed equally to this work.

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Li, YX., Wu, HX., Xu, Y. et al. Antifouling Activity of Secondary Metabolites Isolated from Chinese Marine Organisms. Mar Biotechnol 15, 552–558 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-013-9502-7

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