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
Abstract
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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.
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