Natural Product Chemistry of Gorgonian Corals of Genus Junceella–Part III

Hsu-Ming Chung; Yi-Chen Wang; Chung-Chih Tseng; Nan-Fu Chen; Zhi-Hong Wen; Lee-Shing Fang; Tsong-Long Hwang; Yang-Chang Wu; Ping-Jyun Sung

doi:10.3390/md16090339

Marine Drugs (Sep 2018)

Natural Product Chemistry of Gorgonian Corals of Genus Junceella–Part III

Hsu-Ming Chung,
Yi-Chen Wang,
Chung-Chih Tseng,
Nan-Fu Chen,
Zhi-Hong Wen,
Lee-Shing Fang,
Tsong-Long Hwang,
Yang-Chang Wu,
Ping-Jyun Sung

Affiliations

Hsu-Ming Chung: Department of Applied Chemistry, National Pingtung University, Pingtung 900, Taiwan
Yi-Chen Wang: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung 802, Taiwan
Chung-Chih Tseng: Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
Nan-Fu Chen: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung 802, Taiwan
Zhi-Hong Wen: Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
Lee-Shing Fang: Center for Environmental Toxin and Emerging-Contaminant Research, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan
Tsong-Long Hwang: Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Yang-Chang Wu: Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
Ping-Jyun Sung: Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/md16090339
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 9
p. 339

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The structures, names, bioactivities, and references of 82 natural products, including 48 new metabolites, purified from the gorgonian corals belonging to the genus Junceella are described in this review. All compounds mentioned in this review were obtained from Junceella fragilis, Junceella gemmacea, Junceella juncea, and Junceella sp., collected from tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Some of these compounds exhibited potential biomedical activities.

Published in Marine Drugs

ISSN: 1660-3397 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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