title: A review of steroids from Sarcophyton species.
abstract: This review reports the structural diversity of steroids from Sarcophyton species based on literature from the beginning of marine steroid research until now. There are 65 compounds studied from eight species. Most of them are polyhydroxy-type steroids of C-27-C-31 carbon skeleton. Their biological activities are highly diverse ranging from cytotoxic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic to antiosteoporosis properties.
authors: a Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry , King Abdul Aziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.|c Faculty of Science, Department of Pharmacy , Tadulako University , Palu , Indonesia.
authors: Muhammad Sulaiman
authors: MS
authors: Zubair
authors: a Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry , King Abdul Aziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.
authors: Khalid O
authors: KO
authors: Al-Footy
authors: a Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry , King Abdul Aziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.|d Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry , Damietta University , Damietta , Egypt.
authors: Seif-Eldin N
authors: SE
authors: Ayyad
authors: b Faculty of Marine Science, Department of Marine Chemistry , King Abdul Aziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.
authors: Sultan S
authors: SS
authors: Al-Lihaibi
authors: b Faculty of Marine Science, Department of Marine Chemistry , King Abdul Aziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia.
authors: Walied M
authors: WM
authors: Alarif
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013256:Steroids / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids
keywords: Sarcophyton species; Soft coral; biological activities; steroids