A previously undescribed open-loop decarbonizing cembranolide, sarcocinerenolide A, and eight undescribed cembranolides, sarcocinerenolides B-I, characterized by poly-membered oxygen ring fragments were isolated from the soft coral Sarcophyton cinereum collected from the South China Sea. The structures and absolute configurations of these previously undescribed compounds were precisely determined by analysis of NMR data, DP4+ and ECD spectra. The bioactivities of the compounds were evaluated using zebrafish models and sarcocinerenolides C and H exhibited anti-thrombotic activity.
Keywords: Antithrombotic activity; Cembranes; Configuration determination; Sarcocinerenolides A-I; Sarcophytidae; Sarcophyton cinereum; Soft coral.
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