A New 4α-methylated sterol from a nephthea sp. (Nephtheidae) bornean soft coral

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3360-3366

  Ishii, Takahiro ^a   Matsuura, Hiroshi ^b   Zhaoqi, Zhan ^c   Vairappan, Charles Santhanaraju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shimadzu Asia Pacific Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

4 methyl steroid; Nephthea sp.; Nephtheidae; Soft coral

Indexed keywords

STEROL;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BORNEO; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BORNEO; METHYLATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; STEROLS;

EID: 70349558632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14093360     Document Type: Article

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