A review of steroids from Sarcophyton species |
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| Authors: | Muhammad Sulaiman Zubair Khalid O Al-Footy Seif-Eldin N Ayyad Sultan S Al-Lihaibi |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;2. Faculty of Science, Department of Pharmacy, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia;3. Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt;4. Faculty of Marine Science, Department of Marine Chemistry, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | This review reports the structural diversity of steroids from Sarcophyton species based on literature from the beginning of marine steroid research until now. There are 65 compounds studied from eight species. Most of them are polyhydroxy-type steroids of C-27–C-31 carbon skeleton. Their biological activities are highly diverse ranging from cytotoxic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic to antiosteoporosis properties. |
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| Keywords: | Soft coral Sarcophyton species steroids biological activities |
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