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  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
8,216 Views
12 Pages

Terpenoids from the Octocorals Menella sp. (Plexauridae) and Lobophytum crassum (Alcyonacea)

  • Cheng-Hung Lee,
  • Chia-Ying Kao,
  • Shih-Yao Kao,
  • Chih-Han Chang,
  • Jui-Hsin Su,
  • Tsong-Long Hwang,
  • Yueh-Hsiung Kuo,
  • Zhi-Hong Wen and
  • Ping-Jyun Sung

15 February 2012

A new germacrane-type sesquiterpenoid, menelloide E (1), and a new cembrane-type diterpenoid, lobocrassin F (2), were isolated from the octocorals Menella sp. and Lobophytum crassum, respectively. The structures of terpenoids 1 and 2 were determined...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,728 Views
9 Pages

Menelloides C and D, New Sesquiterpenoids from the Gorgonian Coral Menella sp.

  • Shih-Yao Kao,
  • Jui-Hsin Su,
  • Tsong-Long Hwang,
  • Jyh-Horng Sheu,
  • Zhi-Hong Wen,
  • Yang-Chang Wu and
  • Ping-Jyun Sung

14 September 2011

Two new metabolites, including a lindenane-type sesquiterpenoid, menelloide C (1), and a germacrane-type sesquiterpenoid, menelloide D (2), were isolated from a Formosan gorgonian coral identified as Menella sp. The structures of 1 and 2 were establi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,088 Views
20 Pages

Natural Product Chemistry of Gorgonian Corals of the Family Plexauridae Distributed in the Indo-Pacific Ocean

  • Li-Hsueh Wang,
  • Jyh-Horng Sheu,
  • Shih-Yao Kao,
  • Jui-Hsin Su,
  • Yung-Husan Chen,
  • Yu-Hsin Chen,
  • Yin-Di Su,
  • Yu-Chia Chang,
  • Lee-Shing Fang and
  • Ping-Jyun Sung
  • + 1 author

1 November 2012

The structures, names, bioactivities and references of 105 natural products obtained from gorgonian corals belonging to the family Plexauridae with an Indo-Pacific distribution are described in this review. All compounds mentioned in this review were...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,375 Views
15 Pages

Marine-Steroid Derivative 5α-Androst-3β, 5α, 6β-triol Protects Retinal Ganglion Cells from Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury by Activating Nrf2 Pathway

  • Longxiang Sheng,
  • Bingzheng Lu,
  • Hui Chen,
  • Yun Du,
  • Chen Chen,
  • Wei Cai,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Xuyan Tian,
  • Zhaofeng Huang and
  • Wei Yin
  • + 2 authors

5 May 2019

High intraocular pressure (IOP)-induced retinal ischemia leads to acute glaucoma, which is one of the leading causes of irreversible visual-field loss, characterized by loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and axonal injury in optic nerves (ONs). Ox...