New tetraterpenoid from the soft coral Sarcophyton tortuosum

Abstract

A novel tetraterpenoid named methyl tortuoate C (1) has been isolated from the soft coral Sarcophyton tortuosum Tix.-Dur. The structure of 1 was determined on the basis of spectroscopic methods.

Keywords:

• Soft coral
• Sarcophyton tortuosum
• Tetraterpenoid
• Methyl tortuoate C

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a grant from the National High Technology Development Project (863 Project, No. 2001AA620403) and a grant from the National Natural Science foundation of China (No. 29932030 and No. 20502036) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (05300667).