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Review Article

Chemical Constituents and Biological Properties of the Marine Soft Coral Nephthea: A Review (Part 2)

Faheem Amir*, Yen Chin Koay and Wan Sinn Yam

School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia

*For correspondence: Email: faheem.a42@gmail.com

Received: 16 May 2011 Revised accepted: 11 April 2012

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, June 2012; 11(3): 499-517

http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v11i3.20

Abstract

This second part of the review dwells on Nephthea chabrolii and Nephthea Sp. which contain isoketochabrolic acid, ketochabrolic acid, sesquiterpenes, diterpenes and steroids. Corresponding biological activities such as anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities have also been observed for the isolated constituents. Most of the new compounds isolated from the genus Nephthea are from N. chabrolii and N. Sp., among which steroids are the most abundant.

Keywords: Marine coral, Acyonaceae, Nephtheidae, Nephthea, Sesquiterpenes, Diterpenes, Steroids.