title: Distribution of sarcophytol A in soft coral of the Sarcophyton genus.
abstract: The distribution of sarcophytol-A in the Sarcophyton genus was investigated in seven samples belonging to S. glaucum (3 samples), S. infundibulifurme (2 samples), S. crassocaule (1 sample) and S. trocheliophorum (1 sample) that were collected on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture. Sarcophytol-A was present in one sample each of S. glaucum and S. infundibulifurme. This study indicates that the composition of cembranoids in the Sarcophyton genus is not related with the respective species, but with the individual samples collected.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Applied Life Science, University of East Asia, Graduate School, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwanaga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takemura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000378:metabolism*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; C058761:sarcophytol A