Marine Drugs (Nov 2012)

Natural Product Chemistry of Gorgonian Corals of the Family Plexauridae Distributed in the Indo-Pacific Ocean

  • Ping-Jyun Sung,
  • Yang-Chang Wu,
  • Wei-Hsien Wang,
  • Yu-Chia Chang,
  • Lee-Shing Fang,
  • Yin-Di Su,
  • Yung-Husan Chen,
  • Yu-Hsin Chen,
  • Jui-Hsin Su,
  • Shih-Yao Kao,
  • Li-Hsueh Wang,
  • Jyh-Horng Sheu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/md10112415
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 11
pp. 2415 – 2434

Abstract

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The structures, names, bioactivities and references of 105 natural products obtained from gorgonian corals belonging to the family Plexauridae with an Indo-Pacific distribution are described in this review. All compounds mentioned in this review were obtained from gorgonian corals belonging to the genera Astrogorgia, Bebryce, Echinomuricea, Euplexaura and Menella.

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