Bowden, Bruce F., Cusack, Bernard J., and Dangel, Alissa (2003) 13-Epi-9-deacetoxyxenicin, a Cytotoxic Diterpene from the soft coral Asterospicularia laurae (Alcyonacea). Marine Drugs, 1 (1). pp. 18-26.

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Abstract

An investigation of the soft coral Asterospicularia laurae collected on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, afforded the cytotoxic diterpene 13-epi-9-deacetoxyxenicin (1) in addition to the known metabolites 13-epi-9-deacetylxenicin (2) and gorgosterol. 13-Epi-9-deacetoxyxenicin readily underwent an autoxidation reaction in solution to afford a single product, the hydroperoxide 3. Structures, stereochemistry, and NMR assignments were established by high resolution NMR spectroscopy and by comparison with published data for known compounds.

Item ID:	6803
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1660-3397
Keywords:	Asterospicularia; Cytotoxicity; marine natural products; soft corals; xenicane diterpene
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2010 23:00
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