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Volume 30, 2016 - Issue 8
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A review of steroids from Sarcophyton species

Muhammad Sulaiman ZubairFaculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;Faculty of Science, Department of Pharmacy, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia
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Khalid O. Al-FootyFaculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Seif-Eldin N. AyyadFaculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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Sultan S. Al-LihaibiFaculty of Marine Science, Department of Marine Chemistry, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Walied M. AlarifFaculty of Marine Science, Department of Marine Chemistry, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 869-879 | Received 03 May 2015, Accepted 29 Jul 2015, Published online: 24 Aug 2015
 
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Abstract

This review reports the structural diversity of steroids from Sarcophyton species based on literature from the beginning of marine steroid research until now. There are 65 compounds studied from eight species. Most of them are polyhydroxy-type steroids of C-27–C-31 carbon skeleton. Their biological activities are highly diverse ranging from cytotoxic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic to antiosteoporosis properties.

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