Flexusines A and B and epimukulol from the soft coral Sarcophyton flexuosum

J Nat Prod. 2008 Jul;71(7):1262-4. doi: 10.1021/np070691d. Epub 2008 May 29.

Abstract

Three new cembranes, flexusines A (1) and B (2) and an epimukulol (3), were isolated from the soft coral Sarcophyton flexuosum collected near Reunion Island, Indian Ocean. Their structures were elucidated using 1D and 2D NMR spectral analyses.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Indian Ocean
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • epimukulol
  • flexusine A
  • flexusine B