Lobophytum sarcophytoides

Lobophytum sarcophytoides is an soft coral known for two new cembrane-type diterpenoids, lobophytins and four new prostaglandins from a specimen.[1]

Lobophytum sarcophytoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Lobophytum
Species:
L. sarcophytoides
Binomial name
Lobophytum sarcophytoides
Moser,1919

Chemistry

SYSU-MS001, a specimen of L. sarcophytoides, was collected in the South China Sea, was extracted, and biologists discovered two new cembrane-type diterpenoids, lobophytins and four new prostaglandins from it.[2] Also, the chemical Sarcophytolin D has also been taken from other specimens of the species. [3]

References

  1. Shen, Hongjie; Liu, Xiaowan; Jiang, Minghua; Luo, Guangyuan; Wu, Zhenger; Chen, Bin; Li, Jing; Liu, Lan; Chen, Senhua (August 19, 2019). "Anti-Inflammatory Cembrane-Type Diterpenoids and Prostaglandins from Soft Coral Lobophytum sarcophytoides". Marine Drugs. 17 (8): E481. doi:10.3390/md17080481. PMC 6723591. PMID 31430922 via PubMed.
  2. Shen, Hongjie; Liu, Xiaowan; Jiang, Minghua; Luo, Guangyuan; Wu, Zhenger; Chen, Bin; Li, Jing; Liu, Lan; Chen, Senhua (August 18, 2019). "Anti-Inflammatory Cembrane-Type Diterpenoids and Prostaglandins from Soft Coral Lobophytum sarcophytoides". Marine Drugs. 17 (8): 481. doi:10.3390/md17080481 via www.mdpi.com.
  3. https://jocpr.com/articles/terpenes-from-soft-corals-of-the-genus-lobophytum-alcyoniidae-chemistry-and-biological-activities.pdf


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