Isopropyl (ene)-type Cembrane Diterpene an Important Chemotaxonomical Marker in Bornean Soft Coral Genus Sarcophyton

Chin-Soon Phan; Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan

doi:10.51200/jtbc.v12i.278

Isopropyl (ene)-type Cembrane Diterpene an Important Chemotaxonomical Marker in Bornean Soft Coral Genus Sarcophyton

Authors

Chin-Soon Phan
Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/jtbc.v12i.278

Keywords:

Soft coral, Sarcophyton, cembrane, diterpene, chemotaxonomy, Mantanani Island

Abstract

Two cembrane diterpenoids; (+)-11,12-epoxysarcophytol A (1) and sarcophytol W (2) were isolated from Sarcophyton sp. collected from Mantanani Island, Sabah. Secondary metabolites structures were elucidated based on spectroscopic data. This is the first record of cembranoid diterpenes isolated from the Bornean soft coral genus Sarcophyton. The isopropyl(ene)-type cembrane derivatives could be suggested as chemotaxonomical markers for soft coral genus Sarcophyton.

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Published

2023-02-08

How to Cite

Phan, C.-S., & Vairappan, C. S. (2023). Isopropyl (ene)-type Cembrane Diterpene an Important Chemotaxonomical Marker in Bornean Soft Coral Genus Sarcophyton. Journal of Tropical Biology & Conservation (JTBC), 12. https://doi.org/10.51200/jtbc.v12i.278