title: Terpenes from the soft corals of the genus Sarcophyton: chemistry and biological activities.
abstract: This review covers structural diversity and biological activities of terpenes from soft corals of the genus of Sarcophyton, reported from 1995 to July, 2011. During this period, besides undefined species, 16 species of the genus Sarcophyton, from different geographical areas, had been chemically examined. Two hundred and five terpenes had been isolated from this genus, including eleven sesquiterpenes, 165 diterpenes, 29 biscembranoids, some of which had novel skeletons. They exhibited various biological features, such as antifeedant, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antifouling activities.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, P. R. China, (phone: +86-21-50805813); Present address: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, P. R. China.
authors: Lin-Fu
authors: LF
authors: Liang
authors: Yue-Wei
authors: YW
authors: Guo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D005419:Flavonoids; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013729:Terpenes
keywords: Biological activity; Biscembranoids; Diterpenes; Sarcophyton species; Sesquiterpenes; Soft corals