Cluster analysis as selection and dereplication tool for the identification of new natural compounds from large sample sets
- Chem Biodivers. 2006 Jun;3(6):622-34. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.200690065.
- 1. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University of Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, D-38106 Braunschweig.
Cluster analysis of gas-chromatographic (GC) data of CA. 500 Bacterial isolates was used as an aid in detection and identification of new natural compounds. This approach reduces the number of GC/MS analysis (dereplication) and concomitantly improves the selection of samples with high probability to contain unknown natural products. Lipophilic Bacterial extracts were derivatized and analyzed by GC under standardized conditions. A program was developed to convert chromatographic data into a two-dimensional matrix. Based on the results of hierarchical cluster analysis samples were selected for further investigation by GC/MS and NMR. This approach avoided unnecessary analysis of similar samples. By this method, the unusual oligoprenylsesquiterpenes 1 and 2 as well as new aromatic amides 7 and 8 were identified.
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