Many cembranes, 14 membered ring diterpenoids, were reported to have antitumor and antimicrobial activities. Soft corals are rich sources of cembrenoid diterpenes. We reported cembrenoids lactones, such as sarcophinon...
Two diterpene lactones, sarcophinone(1) and iso sarcophinone(2), which are biogenetically related to the sarcophine, were isolated from the soft coral Sarcophyton molle Tix. Dur. iso Sarcophinone 2 is a new compound. ...