New 4-methylated and 19-oxygenated steroids from the Formosan soft coral Nephthea erecta

Steroids

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 653-659

  Cheng, Shi Yie ^a   Dai, Chang Feng ^b   Duh, Chang Yih ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Nephthea erecta

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ERECTASTEROID A; ERECTASTEROID B; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CORAL; CYTOTOXICITY; HORMONE STRUCTURE; MEASUREMENT; METHYLATION; NEPHTHEA ERECTA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGENATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; LEUKEMIA P388; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEROIDS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ALCYONACEA; NEPHTHEA;

EID: 34250818672     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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