在針對強韌鞭珊瑚有機粗萃物所含化學成份的研究中。首次自鞭珊瑚科珊瑚中分離純化出一個具suberosane碳骨架型式的倍半萜類化合物subergorgic acid (1)。Subergorgic acid (1)的結構是經由圖譜解析方法而加以確立。
Chemical investigation of the organic extract of the gorgonian coral Ellisella robusta furnished a suberosane-type sesquiterpenoid, subergorgic acid (1). The structure of 1 was assigned on the basis of spectral data analysis.