Distribution of sarcophytol A in soft coral of the sarcophyton genus

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 858-861

  Koh, Mamoru ^a   Iwanaga, Tetsuo ^b   Hatanaka, Masahiro ^c   Nakano, Akio ^a   Morihara, Kazuyuki ^a   Takemura, Kaoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sankei Chemical Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 (is, E, E) 7', 8' epoxy 4', 87,12' trimethylcy clotetradeea 1', 3', 11' trienyl propan 2 01; Anti tumor promoter; Sarcophytol A; Sarcophyton glaucum; Sarcophytonin A

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; SARCOPHYTOL A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COELENTERATE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; DITERPENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; SARCOPHYTON; SARCOPHYTON GLAUCUM; SARCOPHYTON TROCHELIOPHORUM;

EID: 0034170897     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.858     Document Type: Article

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