Marine soft corals of the genus Pseudopterogorgia: a resource for novel anti-inflammatory diterpenoids

W Fenical

doi:10.1021/np50054a001

Marine soft corals of the genus Pseudopterogorgia: a resource for novel anti-inflammatory diterpenoids

J Nat Prod. 1987 Nov-Dec;50(6):1001-8. doi: 10.1021/np50054a001.

Author

W Fenical¹

Affiliation

¹ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.

PMID: 2895165
DOI: 10.1021/np50054a001

Abstract

This paper is a brief review of the diterpenoid chemistry of gorgonian corals of the genus Pseudopterogorgia. Previously described compounds and several new diterpenoids are presented in the context of their potential utilization in the development of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / isolation & purification*
Chemical Phenomena
Chemistry
Cnidaria / metabolism*
Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
Diterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Diterpenes