a Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan b Misaki Marine Biological Station, The University of Tokyo, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0225, Japan
Abstract:
Two pyridoacridines closely related to the known isocystodamine were isolated from the marine sponge Biemna sp. together with isocystodamine. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic data. They induce the erythroid differentiation of human leukemia K562 cells with an ED50 value of 5 nM each.