Marine Drugs
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The holotype Lobophytum michaelae was first determined from a fragment of a colony from the waters around Madagascar by Tixier-Durivault.
Only a few information about this fragment of interest for aquarists can be found in the " Revision of the genus Lobophytum", this document is attached as an appendix.
The original description of this leather coral cannot be found on the internet.
Also the otherwise helpful sources like SeaLifeBase, Encyclopedia of Life and Co. help us to complete the time stamp, so that we can neither give data about the colony size, the preferred water depth nor the water temperature derived from it.
But if you google for Lobophytum michaelae, you will find a lot of other information:
Researchgate: "New Cytotoxic Cembranolides from the Soft Coral Lobophytum michaelae"
University of Tornonto Anti-Inflammatory Polyoxygenated Steroids from the Soft Coral Lobophytum michaelae
Lobophyton leather corals are becoming more and more interesting and important for the industry and medicine because of their ingredients.
It is quite conceivable that in corals and sponges potential active substances for human medicine for cancer therapy are found.
Another argument to protect our oceans well!
From an aquaristic point of view we can unfortunately not contribute anything to Lobophytum michaelae at the moment.
Only a few information about this fragment of interest for aquarists can be found in the " Revision of the genus Lobophytum", this document is attached as an appendix.
The original description of this leather coral cannot be found on the internet.
Also the otherwise helpful sources like SeaLifeBase, Encyclopedia of Life and Co. help us to complete the time stamp, so that we can neither give data about the colony size, the preferred water depth nor the water temperature derived from it.
But if you google for Lobophytum michaelae, you will find a lot of other information:
Researchgate: "New Cytotoxic Cembranolides from the Soft Coral Lobophytum michaelae"
University of Tornonto Anti-Inflammatory Polyoxygenated Steroids from the Soft Coral Lobophytum michaelae
Lobophyton leather corals are becoming more and more interesting and important for the industry and medicine because of their ingredients.
It is quite conceivable that in corals and sponges potential active substances for human medicine for cancer therapy are found.
Another argument to protect our oceans well!
From an aquaristic point of view we can unfortunately not contribute anything to Lobophytum michaelae at the moment.
