New Cembranoids and a Biscembranoid Peroxide from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton cherbonnieri [PDF]
Six new cembranoids, cherbonolides A−E (1–5) and bischerbolide peroxide (6), along with one known cembranoid, isosarcophine (7), were isolated from the Formosan soft coral Sarcophyton cherbonnieri.
Chia-Chi Peng +5 more
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Sarcoconvolutums F and G: Polyoxygenated Cembrane-Type Diterpenoids from Sarcophyton convolutum, a Red Sea Soft Coral [PDF]
Natural products and chemical analogues are widely used in drug discovery, notably in cancer and infectious disease pharmacotherapy. Sarcophyton convolutum (Alcyoniidae) a Red Sea–derived soft coral has been shown to be a rich source of macrocyclic ...
Tarik A. Mohamed +9 more
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Sacraoxides A–G, Bioactive Cembranoids from Gum Resin of Boswellia sacra [PDF]
Seven undescribed cembranoids, sacraoxides A–G (1, 3–8) were isolated from the gum resin of Boswellia sacra. Their structures were elucidated by extensive physicochemical and spectroscopic analysis, as well as ECD calculation, modified Mosher’s method ...
Bingyang Zhang +8 more
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Cembranoid-Related Metabolites and Biological Activities from the Soft Coral Sinularia flexibilis [PDF]
Five new cembranoid-related diterpenoids, namely, flexibilisins D and E (1 and 2), secoflexibilisolides A and B (3 and 4), and flexibilisolide H (5), along with nine known compounds (6–14), were isolated from the soft coral Sinularia flexibilis ...
Chia-Hua Wu +6 more
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Isosarcophytoxide Derivatives with a 2,5-Dihydrofuran Moiety from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton cinereum [PDF]
The present chemical investigation on the organic extract of the soft coral Sarcophyton cinereum has contributed to the isolation of four new cembranoids: 16β- and 16α-hydroperoxyisosarcophytoxides (1 and 2), 16β- and 16α-methoxyisosarcophytoxides (3 and
Chih-Hua Chao +9 more
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Investigating the spatiotemporal expression of CBTS genes lead to the discovery of tobacco root as a cembranoid-producing organ [PDF]
Tobacco cembranoids, known for their anti-insect and antifungal properties, were shown to be mainly present on the surface of leaves and flowers, being biosynthesized by their trichomes.
Zaifeng Du +12 more
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Synthesis of cembratriene-ol and cembratriene-diol in yeast via the MVA pathway [PDF]
Background Cembranoids are one kind of diterpenoids with multiple biological activities. The tobacco cembratriene-ol (CBT-ol) and cembratriene-diol (CBT-diol) have high anti-insect and anti-fungal activities, which is attracting great attentions for ...
Yu Zhang +9 more
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Bioactive Cembranoids from the Dongsha Atoll Soft Coral Sarcophyton crassocaule [PDF]
Seven new cembranoids, sarcocrassocolides F–L (1–7), have been isolated from a soft coral Sarcophyton crassocaule. Their structures were determined by extensive spectroscopic analysis. Most new compounds exhibited significant cytotoxic activity against a
Yi Lu +6 more
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Antibacterial Methyl Ester Cembranoids from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton ehrenbergi and Their Structural Elucidation [PDF]
Six previously undescribed methyl ester cembranoids, namely sarcoehrenolides L–Q (1–6), along with three known related ones (7–9), were isolated from the soft coral Sarcophyton ehrenbergi collected off Weizhou Island in the South China Sea.
Meng-Jun Wu +4 more
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Biosynthetic interrelationships within polycyclic cembranoids isolated from corals: conjecture, biomimetic synthesis and reality [PDF]
© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Macrocyclic furanobutenolide-based cembranoids are precursors to a wide variety of complex ring-fused diterpene structures in corals, implicating a wide variety of oxidation and photochemical processes,
Palframan, MJ, Pattenden, G
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