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Chromatographic separation resulted in the identification of one new squalene derivative, named lobophytene (1), three cembranoid diterpenes (2–4), and two sterols (5 and 6) from the Vietnamese marine soft coral Lobophytum sp. Their structures were identified on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data and comparison of those with reported data. Compounds 1 and 2 showed significant cytotoxic activities against lung (A549) and colon (HT-29) cell lines with IC50 values of 8.2 and 5.6 μM for 1; 5.1 and 1.8 μM for 2, respectively.
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Tung, N.H., Van Minh, C., Van Kiem, P. et al. Chemical components from the Vietnamese soft coral Lobophytum sp.. Arch. Pharm. Res. 33, 503–508 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12272-010-0402-3
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