Name

Use

Species

Reference

diacetylenes

cytotoxic against some tumor cells

Montipora spp.

J Nat Prod (Journal of natural products.) 2001 Aug; 64(8): 1059-63

Montiporyne A

human colon cancer fighter

Montipora spp.

J Nat Prod (Journal of natural products.) 2001 Aug; 64(8): 1059-63

testing against cancer cells

Clavularia inflata a Formosan soft coral

J Nat Prod (Journal of natural products.) 2001 Aug; 64(8): 1028-31

pyridinium alkaloid, montipyridine

not tested yet

Montipora spp.

Alam, N. et al.J Nat Prod (Journal of natural products.) 2001 Jul; 64(7): 956-7

paesslerins A and B, sesquiterpenoids with an unprecedented tricyclic skeleton

some cytotoxic activity

subAntarctic soft coral Alcyonium paessleri

Rodríguez Brasco MF ; Seldes AM ; Palermo JA;Org Lett (Organic letters.) 2001 May 17; 3(10): 1415-7

antifouling compounds

prevents algae growth

gorgonian coral Echinogorgia complexa Nutting and the

Wilsanand, V. et al.Microbios (Microbios.) 2001; 104(409): 131-40

3-Acetoxyspathulenol

sesquiterpene function

soft Coral Parerythropodium fulvum

Wessels, M. et al. J Nat Prod (Journal of natural products.) 2001 Mar; 64(3): 370-2

acetylenic compounds

cancer testing

Montipora spp.

Bae, B.H. et al.J Nat Prod (Journal of natural products.) 2000 Nov; 63(11): 1511-4

epoxy steroids

Special glues

indian ocean soft coral Sarcophyton crassocaule

Anjaneyulu, A.S.,et al. J Nat Prod (Journal of natural products.) 2000 Jan; 63(1): 112-8

sphingolipids

Pharmacological potential

Sinularia leptoclados

Reddy, B.S.,et al., Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) (Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin.) 1999 Sep; 47(9): 1214-20

mochiquinone alpha-curcumene, (-)-curcuphenol,

not tested yet

gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia rigida

D'Armas, H.T. et al. J Nat Prod (Journal of natural products.) 2000 Nov; 63(11): 1593-5

polyhydorxysterols

cytotoxic

Sarcophyton trocheliophorum

Dong, H., et al. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) (Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin.) 2000 Jul; 48(7): 1087-9

DsRed, a brilliantly red fluorescent protein

Interesting spectrum

Discosoma coral

Gross, L.A., et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.) 2000 Oct 24; 97(22): 11990-5

Illudalane sesquiterpenoids

(nitrate esters and some chlorinated compounds)

mild cytotoxicity toward human tumor cell lines

soft coral Alcyonium paessleri

Palermo, J.A. et al. J Org Chem (The Journal of organic chemistry.) 2000 Jul 28; 65(15): 4482-6