Marine Chemical Diversity in Soft Corals of the Genus <i>Heteroxenia</i> : Ecological Significance, Metabolite Architecture, ¹ ³ C‐NMR Characteristics, and Biomedical Prospects

C NMR spectroscopic features and reported bioactivities. This integrative approach provides a chemotaxonomic spectroscopic framework and identifies research gaps, that support future natural product discovery and pharmacological investigations of Heteroxenia species, while acknowledging that ecological function and general bioactivity do not necessarily predict direct therapeutic applicability and require further validation of selectivity and safety.