Alcyonium Octocorals: Potential Source of Diverse Bioactive Terpenoids

corals are benthic animals, which live in different climatic areas, including temperate, Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. They were found to produce different chemical substances with molecular diversity and unique architectures. These metabolites embrace several terpenoidal classes with differen...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2019-04, Vol.24 (7), p.1370
Main Authors: Abdel-Lateff, Ahmed, Alarif, Walied Mohamed, Alburae, Najla Ali, Algandaby, Mardi Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcyoniidae
Alcyonium
Animals
Anthozoa - chemistry
anti-inflammatory
antifeedant
antimicrobial
Antimicrobial agents
Coral reefs
Corals
Investigations
Metabolites
mevalonates
Molecular Structure
Polar environments
Polyps
Review
Secondary Metabolism
Steroid hormones
steroids
Supports
Terpenes - chemistry
Terpenes - isolation & purification
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Summary:corals are benthic animals, which live in different climatic areas, including temperate, Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. They were found to produce different chemical substances with molecular diversity and unique architectures. These metabolites embrace several terpenoidal classes with different functionalities. This wide array of structures supports the productivity of genus . Yet, majority of the reported compounds are still biologically unscreened and require substantial efforts to explore their importance. This review is an entryway to push forward the bio-investigation of this genus. It covers the era from the beginning of reporting metabolites from up to March 2019. Ninety-two metabolites are presented; forty-two sesquiterpenes, twenty-five diterpenes and twenty-five steroids have been reported from sixteen species.
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules24071370