Chemistry & Biodiversity · 2010 · 40 citations · 35 references
Natural SciencesBiochemistryChemistryCoral Reef BiologyCoral Reef EcologyOrganic ChemistryMarine Bioactive CompoundsMarine Natural ProductsReef-building CoralsTerpenoid BiosynthesisBioactive Compounds From Marine CoralsBioactive Compounds From Marine FungiBioactive Compounds From Marine SpongesMarine TerpenoidsSoft Coral BiologySoft Coral MetabolitesTerpene CompoundsTerpenoid Profiling
The new cembrane diterpene (3E,11E)-cembra-3,8(19),11,15-tetraene-7alpha-ol (1), nephthenol (2), and all-trans-peridinin (3) have been isolated from the soft coral Litophyton arboreum. The tetraterpene 3, (+)-7,8-epoxy-7,8-dihydrocembrene C (4), emblide (5), sarcophytoxide (6), sarcoglaucol-16-one (7), guajacophine (8), and 1,4-peroxymuurol-5-ene (9) have been obtained from the soft coral Sarcophyton ehrenbergi. The compounds were characterized primarily by NMR spectroscopy. Some of the terpenes were tested for their antiproliferative activity against the cell lines HUVEC and K-562 and for cytotoxicity against the cell line HeLa, and they showed moderate activities.
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