Terpenoids of Sinularia: Chemistry and biomedical applications

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-269

  Kamel, Haidy N ^a   Slattery, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioactive terpenes; Marine natural products; Octocorals; Sinularia; Soft corals; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

1 EPILEPTOCLADOLIDE; 1,3 DIKETONE CEMBRANOID; 1,3,7,11 CEMBRATETRAENE 14,15 DIOL; 10ALPHA HYDROXY 9(15) AFRICANENE; 11 DEHYDROSINULARIOLIDE; 11 EPISINULARIOLIDE; 11 EPISINULARIOLIDE ACETATE; 11 EPISINULEPTOLIDE; 11 EPOXYSINULARIOLIDE; 11,12 EPOXY 1,3,7 CEMBRATRIEN 15 OL; 13ALPHA ACETOXY 11BETA,12BETA EPOXYPUKALIDE; 13ALPHA ACETOXYPUKALIDE; 15 HYDROXY DELTA9 AFRICANENE; 3,14 EPOXY 1,7,11 CEMBRANETRIENE 4,15 DIOL; 3,4:11,12 DIEPOXY 15 METHOXY 1,7 CEMBRADIENE; 4 ACETOXY 3,15 DINOR 2,3 SECO 2 AFRICANONE; 4ALPHA,7BETA AROMADENDRANEDIOL; 7 LEPTOCLADOLIDE; 8,9 SECOAFRICANENE 8,9 DIONE; 9 ACETOXY 5,8:12,13 DIEPOXYCEMBR 15(17) EN 16,4 OLIDE; 9 AFRICANANE 9,15 DIOL; 9 AFRICANANE 9,15 DIOL 15 ACETATE; 9 METHOXYAFRICANAN 15 OL; 9ALPHA,15 DIHYDROXYAFRICANENE; 9ALPHA,15 EPOXYAFRICANENE; AFRICANENE; ALCYONIN; AROMADENDRANE; AROMADENDRENE; BISHOMOISOMANDAPAMATE; CAPILLOLIDE; CEMBRANOID; CEMBRANOLIDE DITERPENE; CEMBRENE; CEMBRENENE; DELTA 9,10 AFRICANENE; DIHYDROFLEXIBILIDE; DIHYDROFLEXIBIOLIDE; DIHYDROSINUFLEXOLIDE; DIHYDROSINULARIN; DISSECTOLIDE; DITERPENE; FLEXIBILIDE; HAVELLOCKATE; HORIOLIDE; IBUPROFEN; INELEGANENE; INELEGANOLIDE; ISOMANDAPAMATE; LEPTOCLADOLIDE A; LEPTOCLADOLIDE B; LEPTOCLADOLIDE C; LEPTOGRAPHIOL; MANDAPAMATE; MAYOLIDE A; MAYOLIDE B; MAYOLIDE C; MAYOLIDE D; MAYOTOKIDE B; MAYOTOLIDE A; MONOOXYCEMBRATETRAENE MAYOL; NORCEMBRANOLIDE; O FORMYLLEPTOGRAPHIOL; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYMAXENOLIDE; PUKALIDE; RAMESWARALIDE; SANDENSOLIDE MONOACETATE; SCABROLIDE A; SCABROLIDE B; SCABROLIDE C; SCABROLIDE D; SECO SETHUKARAILIN; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SETHUKARAILIDE; SETHUKARAILIN; SINGARDIN; SINUFLEXIBILIN; SINUFLEXIN; SINUFLEXOLIDE; SINUGIBBEROL; SINULAMINE I; SINULAMINE II; SINULAMINE III; SINULARIADIOLIDE; SINULARIADIONE; SINULARIAL A; SINULARIC ACID A; SINULARIN; SINULARIOL A; SINULARIOL B; SINULARIOL C; SINULARIOL D; SINULARIOLIDE; SINULARIOLONE; SINULARONE A; SINULARONE B; SINULEPTOLIDE; SINULOBATIN A; SINULOBATIN B; SINULOBATIN C; SINULOBATIN D; SPATHULENOL; STEROID; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YONAROLIDE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOMASS; BIOMEDICINE; CORAL; CORAL REEF; CYTOTOXICITY; REVIEW; SINULARIA;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; SINULARIA;

EID: 19944398808     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590928852     Document Type: Review

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