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Published on: October 13, 2023
Isoprenoids from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton glaucum
Chih-Hua Chao1,2, Wen-Liang Li3, Chiung-Yao Huang4
1School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan. chchao@mail.cmu.edu.tw.
Abstract:
Five new isoprenoids, 3,4,8,16-tetra-epi-lobocrasol (1), 1,15β-epoxy-deoxysarcophine (2), 3,4-dihydro-4α,7β,8α-trihydroxy-Δ²-sarcophine (3), ent-sarcophyolide E (4), and 16-deacetyl- halicrasterol B (5) and ten known compounds 6‒15, were characterized from the marine soft coral Sarcophyton glaucum, collected off Taitung coastline. Their structures were defined by analyzing spectra data, especially 2D NMR and electronic circular dichroism (ECD). The structure of the known compound lobocrasol (7) was revised. Cytotoxicity potential of the isolated compounds was reported, too.
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