Mar. Drugs 2004, 2(1), 1-7; doi:10.3390/md201001
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An Improved Synthesis of 7, 8-Epoxy-1,3,11-cembratriene-15R(α), 16-diol, a Cembranoid of Marine Origin with a Potent Cancer Chemopreventive Activity

Hesham Fahmy 1 , Sherief I. Khalifa 2 , Takao Konoshima 3  and Jordan K. Zjawiony 1,* email
1 Department of Pharmacognosy and National Center for Natural Products Research, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677-1848, USA 2 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt 3 Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Natural Resources, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Misasagi, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan
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Received: 29 October 2003 / Accepted: 20 November 2003 / Published: 25 February 2004
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Abstract: An effective method for the synthesis of 7,8-epoxy-1,3,11-cembratriene-15R(α), 16-diol and its in vitro Epstein-Barr Virus Early Antigen (EBV-EA) Activation Chemopreventive Assay are reported. This semisynthetic product is a new cembranoid with a potent tumor inhibitory activity that is expected to be a lead compound for a new class of chemopreventive agents of marine origin.
Keywords: cancer chemoprevention; cembranoids; sarcophine; sarcophytol A; EBV-EA activation

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Fahmy, H.; Khalifa, S.I.; Konoshima, T.; Zjawiony, J.K. An Improved Synthesis of 7, 8-Epoxy-1,3,11-cembratriene-15R(α), 16-diol, a Cembranoid of Marine Origin with a Potent Cancer Chemopreventive Activity. Mar. Drugs 2004, 2, 1-7.

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Fahmy H, Khalifa SI, Konoshima T, Zjawiony JK. An Improved Synthesis of 7, 8-Epoxy-1,3,11-cembratriene-15R(α), 16-diol, a Cembranoid of Marine Origin with a Potent Cancer Chemopreventive Activity. Marine Drugs. 2004; 2(1):1-7.

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Fahmy, Hesham; Khalifa, Sherief I.; Konoshima, Takao; Zjawiony, Jordan K. 2004. "An Improved Synthesis of 7, 8-Epoxy-1,3,11-cembratriene-15R(α), 16-diol, a Cembranoid of Marine Origin with a Potent Cancer Chemopreventive Activity." Mar. Drugs 2, no. 1: 1-7.

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