title: Two new glycosides from the soft coral Sinularia firma.
abstract: Two new glycosides, named Firmacosides A and B, together with known fatty esters, batyl alcohol, Delta(5,20) sterol and sphingosine derivatives have been isolated from the soft coral Sinularia firma TIX-DUR. On the basis of spectroscopic analysis ((1)H-NMR, (13)C-NMR, (1)H-(1)H COSY, HMQC, HMBC and FAB-MS), Firmacoside A was established as hexadecanyl-1-O-alpha-D-arabinopyranosyloxy (1-->4)-alpha-D-arabinopyranosyloxy (1-->4)-alpha-D-arabinopyranoside (1), and firmacoside B was elucidated as docosanyl-1-O-alpha-D-arabinopyranosyloxy (1-->4)-3-O-acetyl-alpha-arabinopyranosyloxy (1-->4)-alpha-D-arabinopyranoside (2).
authors.affiliation: Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Vijai
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lakshmi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D014312:Trisaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014312:Trisaccharides; C516813:docosanyl-1-O-arabinopyranosyloxy (1-4)-3-O-acetylarabinopyranosyloxy-1-4-arabinopyranoside; C516812:hexadecanyl-1-O-arabinopyranosyloxy 1-4-arabinopyranosyloxy-1-4-arabinopyranoside