Dichotenone-a and -b: two new enones from the marine brown alga Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) Lamour

Nat Prod Res. 2003 Oct;17(5):301-6. doi: 10.1080/1057563031000072523.

Abstract

Marine brown alga Dictyota dichotoma (Dictyotaceae) collected from Karachi coast of Arabian Sea yielded two new (1 and 2) enones (dolastane-diterpenoids) named: dichotenone-A and -B along with an olide (loliolide, 3) as a new source. Their structures have been characterized with the aid of 2D-NMR spectroscopic techniques.

MeSH terms

  • Diterpenes / analysis
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Phaeophyceae / chemistry*

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • dichotenone-A
  • dichotenone-B