Isopropyl(ene)-type cembrene diterpene an important secondary metabolite in soft coral Sinularia flexibilis of Tun Sakaran Marine Park, Malaysia

Charles S. Vairappan; Intan Irna Zanil; Takashi Kamada; M. Palaniappan

doi:10.51200/jtbc.v9i2.245

Isopropyl(ene)-type cembrene diterpene an important secondary metabolite in soft coral Sinularia flexibilis of Tun Sakaran Marine Park, Malaysia

Authors

Charles S. Vairappan
Intan Irna Zanil
Takashi Kamada
M. Palaniappan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/jtbc.v9i2.245

Keywords:

Soft coral, Sinularia, Kapikan Reef, cembranoid diterpenes, chemotaxonomic, antibacterial activity

Abstract

Two cembrane diterpenes; (3 S, 4 S, 11 S, 12 S, I E, 7 E)-3,4:11, 12-bisepoxycembra-1,7-diene (1) and (1E,3E,7E)-11,12-epoxycembra-1,3,7-triene (2) were isolated from a population of Sinularia flexibilis collected from Kapikan Reef, Semporna, Sabah.

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Vairappan, C. S., Zanil, I. I., Kamada, T., & Palaniappan, M. (2016). Isopropyl(ene)-type cembrene diterpene an important secondary metabolite in soft coral Sinularia flexibilis of Tun Sakaran Marine Park, Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Biology & Conservation (JTBC), 9(2). https://doi.org/10.51200/jtbc.v9i2.245