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Rumphellaoic Acid A,a Novel Sesquiterpenoid from the Formosan Gorgonian Coral Rumphella antipathies |
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| Authors: | Hsu-Ming Chung Wei-Hsien Wang Tsong-Long Hwang Lee-Shing Fang Zhi-Hong Wen Jih-Jung Chen Yang-Chang Wu Ping-Jyun Sung |
| Abstract: | A novel sesquiterpenoid, rumphellaoic acid A (1), was isolated from the gorgonian coral Rumphella antipathies, and was found to possess a carbon skeleton that was obtained for the first time from a natural sources. The structure of 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods and this compound and was found to exert a moderate inhibitory effect on the release of elastase by human neutrophils. |
| Keywords: | Rumphella antipathies gorgonian rumphellaoic acid sesquiterpenoid elastase |