Distribution of sarcophytol A in soft coral of the Sarcophyton genus.
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.
Koh
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Institute for Applied Life Science, University of East Asia, Graduate School, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Iwanaga
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Hatanaka
M
M
Nakano
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A
Morihara
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Takemura
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D000818:Animals; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000378:metabolism*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods
D004224:Diterpenes; C058761:sarcophytol A