New Cytotoxic Cembranolides from the Soft Coral Lobophytum michaelae [PDF]
, 2012 Six new cembranolides, michaolides L–Q (1–6), and a known cembranolide, lobomichaolide (7) were isolated from the CH2Cl2 extract of the soft coral Lobophytum michaelae. Their structures were established by extensive spectral analysis.
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Circular dichroism calculation for natural products [PDF]
, 2013 Determination of the absolute configuration (AC) is often a challenging aspect in the structure elucidation of natural products. When chiral compounds possess appropriate chromophore(s), electronic circular dichroism (ECD) may provide a powerful approach
Alfarius Eko Nugroho, Hiroshi Morita
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Marine Drugs, 2018 Six new polyoxygenated cembrane-based diterpenoids, stellatumolides A–C (1–3), stellatumonins A and B (4 and 5), and stellatumonone (6), were isolated together with ten known related compounds (7–16) from the ethyl acetate (EtOAc ...
Atallah F. Ahmed +7 more
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Holy smoke in medieval funerary rites: chemical fingerprints of frankincense in southern Belgian incense burners. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Frankincense, the oleogum resin from Boswellia sp., has been an early luxury good in both Western and Eastern societies and is particularly used in Christian funerary and liturgical rites. The scant grave goods in late medieval burials comprise laterally
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Future management options for cembran pine forests close to the alpine timberline [PDF]
Annals of Forest Science, 2018 Abstract Key message High-elevation forests in the Alps protect infrastructure and human lives against natural hazards such as rockfall, flooding, and avalanches. Routinely performed silvicultural interventions maintain the required stand structure but are not commercially viable in ...
Jandl, Nathalia +2 more
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Isopropyl(ene)-type Cembrane Diterpene an Important Chemotaxonomical Marker in Bornean Soft Coral Genus Sarcophyton [PDF]
, 2015 Two cembrane diterpenoids; (+)-11,12-epoxysarcophytol A (1) and sarcophytol W (2) were isolated from Sarcophyton sp. collected from Mantanani Island, Sabah. Secondary metabolites structures were elucidated based on spectroscopic data.
Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan +1 more
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Cnidarians as a Source of New Marine Bioactive Compounds—An Overview of the Last Decade and Future Steps for Bioprospecting [PDF]
, 2011 Marine invertebrates are rich sources of bioactive compounds and their biotechnological potential attracts scientific and economic interest worldwide. Although sponges are the foremost providers of marine bioactive compounds, cnidarians are also being ...
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Marine Drugs, 2020 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common liver or hepatic cancer, accounting for 80% of all cases. The majority of this cancer mortality is due to metastases, rather than orthotopic tumors. Therefore, the inhibition of tumor metastasis is widely
Yu-Jen Wu +5 more
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Lobocrassin B Induces Apoptosis of Human Lung Cancer and Inhibits Tumor Xenograft Growth
Marine Drugs, 2017 Lobocrassin B, a natural cembrane-type compound isolated from the soft coral Lobophytum crassum, has been shown to have significant biological effects, including anticancer activity.
Meng-Xian Lin +6 more
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Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) Studies to Maximize the Activity of Compounds Isolated from Octocorals [PDF]
, 2018 This chapter presents some significant study cases on octocoral organisms (Eunicea succinea, Eunicea mammosa, Eunicea knighti, Pseudoplexaura flagellosa, Eunicea laciniata, Antillogorgia elisabethae, Muricea austera, Paragorgia sp., Lobophyton sp ...
Castellanos, Leonardo +2 more
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