Table 4.

List of 25 promising natural product compounds isolated from octocorals, showing the diversity of chemical compounds with various pharmaceutically relevant activities produced by a range of different octocoral species

Activity	Compound	Chemical	Origin	Region	Ref
Anti-inflammatory	Austrasulfone	Sulfone	Cladiella australis	Taiwan	[258]
	Simplexin E	Diterpenoid	Klyxum simplex	Taiwan	[259]
	Crassumolides A and C	Terpenoid	Lobophytum crassum	Taiwan	[260]
	Ergostanoids 1 and 3	Ergostanoid	Nephthea erecta	Taiwan	[261]
	Paralemnolin Q and S	Sesquiterpenoid	Paralemnalia thyrsoides	Taiwan	[262]
	Lobocrassin B	Cembranoid	Lobophytum crassum	Taiwan	[263]
Antitumor	Polyoxygenated gorgosterol (2–4)	Steroid	Isis hippuris	Japan	[264]
	Clavulones	Prostanoid	Clavularia viridis	Taiwan	[265]
	Bis(pseudopterane) amine	Dialkylamine	Antillogorgia acerosa	Bahamas	[266]
	Klysimplexin B and H	Diterpenoid	Klyxum simplex	Taiwan	[267]
	13-acetoxysarcophytoxide	Cembranoid	Lobophytum crassum	Taiwan	[268]
	Capilloquinol	Farnesyl quinoid	Sinularia capillosa	Taiwan	[269]
Antimicrobial	Curcuphenol	Terpenoid	Antillogorgia rigida	USA	[270]
	Lipids	Polyketide	Sinularia sp.	Russia	[271]
	Pseudopterosin X	Diterpenoid	Antillogorgia elisabethae	USA	[272]
Antiviral	Durumolide Q	Cembranoid	Lobophytum durum	Taiwan	[273]
	Lobohedleolide	Diterpenoid	Lobophytum sp.	Philippines	[274]
Antituberculosis	Bipinnapterolide	Terpenoid	Antillogorgia bipinnata	USA	[275]
	Homopseudopteroxazole	Diterpenoid	Antillogorgia elisabethae	USA	[276]
Antimalaria	Aberrarone	Diterpenoid	Antillogorgia elisabethae	Colombia	[277]
	Dolabellane	Diterpenoid	Eunicea sp.	Colombia	[278]
Anti-fouling	Homarine	Pyridine	Leptogorgia setacea	USA	[279]
	11-episinulariolide	Diterpenoid	Sinularia flexibilis	Australia	[280]
	Isogosterones A–D	Steroid	Dendronephthya sp.	Japan	[281]
	3β-methoxyguaian-10(14)-en-2β-ol	Sesquiterpenoid	Echinogorgia pseudosassapo	Taiwan	[282]