From the soft coral Xenia umbellata, seven isoprenoid derivatives were isolated, including a
new xenicane diterpene, xeniolide O (5) and a new gorgostane derivative gorgst-3β, 5α, 6β …

Chemical investigation of the soft coral Sarcophyton glaucum collected from the Red Sea
led to isolation of 11 isoprenoidal metabolites (1–11). A new sesquiterpenoid, 6-oxo …

Four new isoprenoids, including two norcembranoids sinulerectols A and B (1 and 2), a
cembranoid sinulerectol C (3), and a degraded cembranoid sinulerectadione (4), along with …

Five new isoprenoids, 3, 4, 8, 16-tetra-epi-lobocrasol (1), 1, 15β-epoxy-deoxysarcophine (2),
3, 4-dihydro-4α, 7β, 8α-trihydroxy-Δ2-sarcophine (3), ent-sarcophyolide E (4), and 16 …

The organic extract of Xenia faraunensis was found to contain besides xeniolide A and B
three novel diterpenes: xeniafaraunol A (1),-B (2) and faraunatin (3). The structure of …

A new xenicane diterpenoid, 15-deoxy-isoxeniolide-A (1) along with four known compounds
9-deoxy-isoxeniolide-A (2), isoxeniolide-A (3), xeniolide-A (4) and coraxeniolide-B (5) were …

Sixteen diterpenoids have been isolated from two soft corals of the Red Sea, Xenia
macrospiculata and X. obscuronata. These xenia diterpenoids, many of them novel and …

Chromatographic investigation of an acetone extract of the octocoral Xenia florida afforded
three new xenicane diterpenes, namely, florxenilide A (1), florxenilide B (2), and florxenilide …

Chemical investigation of the Taiwanese soft coral Asterospicularia laurae has led to the
isolation of three new xenicane diterpenoids, named asterolaurins K–M (1–3, resp.). Their …

Abstract An Okinawan soft coral Cespitularia sp. has proven to be a good source of cytotoxic
metabolites having a carbon skeleton of the seco-type variety of xenicin. This soft coral …