title: Terpenoid content of the Antarctic soft coral Alcyonium antarcticum.
abstract: Chemical investigation of the soft coral Alcyonium antarcticum, collected off Terra Nova Bay, resulted in the isolation of two closely related sesquiterpenes, alcyonicene (1) and deacetoxy-alcyonicene (2), along with known terpenoid compounds. The structure elucidation of the new molecules, possessing a rare bulgarane skeleton, has been made mainly by NMR techniques.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 180078, Pozzuoli, Na, Italy.
authors.forename: Emiliano
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Manzo
authors.forename: Maria Letizia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ciavatta
authors.forename: Genoveffa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nuzzo
authors.forename: Margherita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gavagnin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003532:Cyprinodontiformes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D013729:Terpenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; C547457:alcyonicene; C547458:deacetoxy-alcyonicene