title: Sesquiterpenoids and norsesquiterpenoids from the soft coral Lemnalia africana.
abstract: Sixteen sesquiterpenoids and norsesquiterpenoids, six of them new, were isolated from the octocoral Lemnalia africana. Antileukemia activity (P-388) was found only in the known eremophilane derivative 15.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu 96822.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jurek
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Scheuer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D007941:Leukemia P388 / Q000188:drug therapy; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D012717:Sesquiterpenes