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. 2016 Jul 23;14(8):139. doi: 10.3390/md14080139

Table 7.

Biological activities of Spongia sp. Metabolites.

Activity Sesquiterpene Quinones Diterpenes C21 and Other Furano Terpenes Sesterterpenes Sterols Macrolides Miscellaneous Compounds
Artemia Salina 53,54,63,74,75 [32]
41 [33]
139,140 [58]
121,144,145,146 [61]
162 [32]
165,169,172 [58]
Anticancer (cytotoxicity and/or antiproliferative) 6 [11]
8 [15,22]
12,13 [16]
14,15 [17]
21,22 [18]
53,54,55 [27]
61 [29]
86 [36]
106 [41]
40,100 [48]
156,157,158 [65]
296 [121]
180,181,182,183 [73]
189,190 [67]
165,166,191,192,193,194 [77]
259,260 [67] 261,262 [93]
263 [94,95]
267 [82]
297 [121]
271 [108]
283,284,285,286,287,288 [115]
Anticancer (other actions) 8 [15]
14,15,16,17,18,19 [20]
111 [43] 180,181,182, 183,184 [73]
165,192,194 [77]
263 [103]
Chemopreventive 103,104 [40]
DNA repair 8 [15]
Embryo development 89,90,91,99,100,101,102 [39] 291 [39]
Immunomodulatory 90,94 [37]
Immunosuppression 209,210,211 [81]
P-glycoprotein modulation 247 [87]
247,248,249,250,251,252,253 [88]
HSV1 or HSV2 53,54,55 [27]
43 [48]
HIV 270 [107]
Microorganisms 1,2 [9]
3,4,5 [10]
48,49 [26] 147 [62]
148 [63]
126 [66]
271 [108]
275 [110]
283,284,285,286,287,288 [115]
Antihelminthic 298 [122]
Predation/Defense 139 [58]
143 [60]
169,172 [58]
Biofilm induction of E. coli PHL628 123,124 [66]
Hypercholesterolemia 165,198,199,200,201 [79]
166,192,194,202,204 [80]
Lipid metabolism 283,286 [115]
283 [116]
Antiinflamatory 205,206 [42]
Antioxidant 39 [21]
Hemolytic activity 6 [11]
Smooth muscle paralyzing agent 147 [62]
Neurotransmission 43,95,96,97,98 [38]
Neurotrophic 166,192,194,196,197 [78]