Isolation and structure elucidation of azoricasterol, a new sterol of the deepwater sponge Macandrewia azorica

Naturwissenschaften. 2004 Sep;91(9):441-6. doi: 10.1007/s00114-004-0552-6. Epub 2004 Sep 1.

Abstract

Chemical investigation of the deepwater sponge Macandrewia azorica, collected from the flanks of the Gettysburg and Ormonde Sea Mount, North Atlantic, from a depth of 600 m, has led to the isolation of a new sterol with an unusual side chain (1), along with S-methylergothioneine (2). The structures of compounds 1 and 2 were established by employing spectroscopic techniques (NMR, MS, UV, IR and polarimetry). This is the first report of metabolites of a sponge belonging to the genus Macandrewia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Seawater
  • Sterols / analysis*
  • Sterols / chemistry

Substances

  • Sterols
  • azoricasterol