| Lobophytum sarcophytoides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Alcyoniidae |
| Genus: | Lobophytum |
| Species: | L. sarcophytoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Lobophytum sarcophytoides Moser,1919 | |
Lobophytum sarcophytoides is a soft coral known for two new cembrane-type diterpenoids, lobophytins and four new prostaglandins from a specimen. [1]
SYSU-MS001, a specimen of L. sarcophytoides, was collected in the South China Sea, was extracted, and biologists discovered two new cembrane-type diterpenoids, lobophytins and four new prostaglandins from it. [1] Also, the chemical Sarcophytolin D has also been taken from other specimens of the species. [2]
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