Sarcoglycosides A - C, New O-Glycosylglycerol Derivatives from the South China Sea Soft Coral Sarcophyton infundibuliforme

Chemical examination of the soft coral Sarcophyton infundibuliforme collected front the South China Sea resulted in the isolation of the three new O-glycosylglycerol derivatives sarcoglycosides A-C (1-3), together with two known compounds, chimyl alcohol (4) and hexadecanol (5). Their structures were elucidated by combined spectral and chemical methods. All the compounds showed moderate toxicity to brine shrimps Artemia salina.