Abstract
Chemical investigation of the soft coral Alcyonium antarcticum, collected off Terra Nova Bay, resulted in the isolation of two closely related sesquiterpenes, alcyonicene (1) and deacetoxy-alcyonicene (2), along with known terpenoid compounds. The structure elucidation of the new molecules, possessing a rare bulgarane skeleton, has been made mainly by NMR techniques.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antarctic Regions
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Anthozoa / chemistry*
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Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
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Chromatography, Gel
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Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
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Cyprinodontiformes
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Escherichia coli / drug effects
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Feeding Behavior / drug effects
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*
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Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology
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Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
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Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
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Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
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Terpenes / analysis*
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Terpenes / pharmacology
Substances
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Anti-Infective Agents
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Sesquiterpenes
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Terpenes
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alcyonicene
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deacetoxy-alcyonicene