New cytotoxic cembrane based diterpenes from the soft corals Sarcophyton cherbonnieri and Nephthea sp.†
Abstract
Chemical investigation of the two soft corals Nephthea sp. and Sarcophyton cherbonnieri, collected from the Fiji Islands and the Great Barrier Reef, respectively, led to the isolation of three new furano-cembranoids (1–3), two seco-cembranoid acetates (5, 6), along with the known compounds