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  2. New acetylenic acids from the marine sponge Stelletta species

New acetylenic acids from the marine sponge Stelletta species

  • J Nat Prod. 2003 Mar;66(3):408-11. doi: 10.1021/np020440z.
Qingchun Zhao 1 Seung-Yeon Lee Jongki Hong Chong-O Lee Kwang Sik Im Chung Ja Sim Dong Seok Lee Jee H Jung
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Affiliation

  • 1 College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea, Korea.
Abstract

Four new acetylenic acids were isolated from the marine Sponge Stelletta sp. by bioactivity-guided fractionation. The planar structures were established on the basis of NMR and MS analysis. The stereochemistry was defined by combined use of CD spectroscopy and a chiral anisotropic reagent, phenylglycine methyl ester (PGME). The compounds were evaluated for cytotoxicity against a small panel of five human tumor cell lines and exhibited marginal to moderate cytotoxicity.

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