Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University
Shang-Kewi Wang
Department of Microbiology, Kaohsiung Medical University
Keryea Soong
Institute of Marine Biology, National Sun Yat-sen University
Chang-Yih Duh
Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University Center of Asia-Pacific Marine Researches, National Sun Yat-sen University
Eleven new cytotoxic cembranolides, michaolides A—K (1—11), and crassolide (12) were isolated from the CH2Cl2 extract of the Formosan soft coral Lobophytum michaelae. Their structures were established by extensive spectral analysis. The cytotoxicity of the isolates against selected cancer cells was measured in vitro.
