Turbinaric acid, a cytotoxic secosqualene carboxylic acid from the brown alga Turbinaria ornata

  • J Nat Prod. 1989 Sep-Oct;52(5):1167-9. doi: 10.1021/np50065a045.
F Asari  1 ,  T Kusumi ,  H Kakisawa
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
PMID: 2607351 DOI: 10.1021/np50065a045
Abstract

A moderately cytotoxic secosqualene carboxylic acid designated turbinaric acid [1] has been isolated from the brown alga Turbinaria ornata, and it has been identified to be 4,8,13,17,21-pentamethyl-4,8,12,16,20-docosapentaenoic acid by means of spectral analysis and synthesis.

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