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 …

From diethyl ether fraction of the Red Sea soft coral, Litophyton arboreum, two new
terpenoidal derivatives, himachalene-type sesquiterpene (3α, 6α-epidioxyhimachal-1-ene …

Two new xenicane diterpenoids, 9-deoxyxeniolide-A (1) and 9-deoxyxeniolide-B (2), were
isolated from a new species of the alcyonacean soft-coral Xenia, collected in the Philippines …

The objective of this research was to evaluate the cytotoxic activities of the fractions and
isolated compounds of the soft corals Litophyton arboreum against A549, MCF-7 and …

Four new diterpenes (1–4) were isolated from the soft coral Xenia elongata using a novel
cell-based screen for apoptosis-inducing, potential anticancer compounds. The molecular …

Two new xenicane diterpenoids, dihydroxeniolide-A and isoxeniatriacetate, were isolated
from Okinawan soft coral of the genus, Xenia. The relative configurations of two new …

Seven new diterpenes, novaxenicins A–D (1–4) and xeniolides I–K (5–7), have been
isolated from the Kenyan soft coral Xenia novaebrittanniae. The structures and relative …

Four novel xenicane diterpenoids, xenimanadins A–D (1–4), characterized by the unusual 2,
6-dimethoxytetrahydropyran functionality, have been isolated from the Indonesian soft coral …

Eight new xenia diterpenoids, blumiolide-A (1)(novel carbon skeleton), blumiolide-B (2), 9-
deoxy-isoxeniolide-A (3), 9-deoxy-7, 8-epoxy-isoxeniolide-A (4), 9-deacetoxy-7, 8-epoxy-13 …

Application of LC-MS/MS-based molecular networking indicated the ethanol extract of
octocoral Asterospicularia laurae is a potential source for the discovery of new xenicane …