Studies on the secondary metabolites from the Indian gorgonian Subergorgia suberosa: isolation and characterization of four analogues of the cardiotoxin subergorgic acid

P S Parameswaran; C G Naik; S Y Kamat; M S Puar; P Das; V R Hegde

doi:10.1021/np9705423

Studies on the secondary metabolites from the Indian gorgonian Subergorgia suberosa: isolation and characterization of four analogues of the cardiotoxin subergorgic acid

J Nat Prod. 1998 Jun 26;61(6):832-4. doi: 10.1021/np9705423.

Authors

P S Parameswaran¹, C G Naik, S Y Kamat, M S Puar, P Das, V R Hegde

Affiliation

¹ National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Panaji, Goa, India.

PMID: 9644079
DOI: 10.1021/np9705423

Abstract

Chemical investigation of the methanol extract of the Indian ocean gorgonian coral Subergorgia suberosa resulted in isolation and identification of four novel compounds 2-5. Structural investigation revealed compound 1 to be subergorgic acid and the others its analogues.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cnidaria / chemistry*
Indian Ocean
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Marine Toxins / chemistry
Marine Toxins / isolation & purification*
Mass Spectrometry
Pacific Ocean
Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
Spectrophotometry, Infrared
Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

Marine Toxins
Sesquiterpenes
subergorgic acid