Spongosoritin A: A New Polyketide from a Fijian Marine Sponge, Spongosorites sp.
Robert J. Capon A C , Sachin Singh B , Sadaquat Ali B and Subramaniam Sotheeswaran BA Centre for Molecular Biodiversity, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia.
B Department of Chemistry, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
C Corresponding author. Email: r.capon@imb.uq.edu.au
Australian Journal of Chemistry 58(1) 18-20 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH04234
Submitted: 5 October 2004 Accepted: 30 November 2004 Published: 14 January 2005
Abstract
A new polyketide, spongosoritin A, with a rare vinylagous α,β-unsaturated γ-lactone moiety was isolated from a Fijian marine sponge, Spongosorites sp., and the structure assigned by detailed spectroscopic analysis.
Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the taxonomic assistance of L. Goudie, and D. Howse for database support. This research was partially funded by the Australian Research Council, The Wellcome Trust, and the University of the South Pacific Research Committee.
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