Novel polycyclic guanidine alkaloids from two marine sponges of the genus Monanchora

J Nat Prod. 2000 Feb;63(2):193-6. doi: 10.1021/np990403g.

Abstract

Two marine sponges of the genus Monanchora (Poecilosclerida, Crambeidae) have been found to contain new polycyclic guanidine alkaloids bearing the (5,6,8b)-triazaperhydroacenaphthylene skeleton. Their structures have been determined by detailed spectroscopic analysis. Dehydrobatzelladine C (1) has been isolated from M. arbuscula and crambescidins 359 (2) and 431 (3) from M. unguiculata. The chemotaxonomic implications of these findings are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Guanidines / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Porifera / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Guanidines