Sinularia erecta

Rudi A, Shmul G, Benayahu Y, Kashman Y (2006) Sinularectin, a New Diterpenoid from the Soft Coral Sinularia erecta. Tetrahedron Lett 47 2937... 

Tris 6>rsesquiterpenes have been isolated from a Cespitularia and two Clavularia species. 1,4-Dimethyl-2,3,3a,4,5,6-hexahydroazulene (470) was a metabolite of the former 394). The soft coral Clavularia koellikeri furnished clavukerin A (471) (395), B (472), and C (473) (396). The structure reported for clavukerin B (472) was identical with that of inflatene from Clavularia inflata (397). Inflatene (472) has shown ichthyotoxicity toward the Pacific damselfish Pomacentrus coeruleus at 10 pg/mL. A -Africanene (474), a tricyclic sesquiterpene, has been isolated from Sinularia erecta (39S) and S. polydactyla (399). 

Kashman, Y., M. Bodner, J.S. Finer-Moore, and J. Clardy A -Africanene, a New Sesquiterpene Hydrocarbon from the Soft Coral Sinularia erecta. Experientia 36, 891 (1980). 

Rudi, A., Dayan, T.L., Aknin, M., Gaydou, E.M., and Kashman, Y. (1998) Several new isoprenoids from the soft coral Sinularia erecta. J. Nat. Prod., 61,872-875. 

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