Secondary metabolites of the coelenterate echinopora lamellosa |
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| Authors: | R. Sanduja G. E. Martin A. J. Weinheimer M. Alam M. B. Hossain Dick van der Helm |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004;2. Department of Chemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 |
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The marine coelenterate Echinopora lamellosa (class Anthozoa, family Scleractinidae) was found to contain a number of unprecedented secondary metabolites which were isolated and identified as smilagenin (I), neodunol methyl ether (II), glycyrrhetic acid (III), 3β-acetoxyglycyrrhetic acid (IV), and 3β-acetoxy-11-deoxoglycyrrhetic acid (V). The structure of neodunol methyl ether was confirmed and its absolute configuration determined by the x-ray diffraction method. |
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