Varacin and three new marine antimicrobial polysulfides from the far-eastern ascidian Polycitor sp

J Nat Prod. 1995 Feb;58(2):254-8. doi: 10.1021/np50116a015.

Abstract

Varacin [1] and three new antimicrobial marine polysulfides, varacins A-C [3-5], have been isolated from the Far Eastern ascidian Polycitor sp. Their structures have been elucidated by spectroscopic methods and by chemical transformations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Candida albicans / drug effects
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Ethylamines / isolation & purification
  • Ethylamines / pharmacology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Sulfides / isolation & purification
  • Sulfides / pharmacology*
  • Urochordata / chemistry*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Ethylamines
  • Sulfides
  • varacin A
  • varacin B
  • varacin C