First chemical study of patagonian nudibranchs: A new seco-11, 12-spongiane, tyrinnal, from the defensive organs of tyrinna nobilis

J Nat Prod. 1998 Aug;61(8):1027-9. doi: 10.1021/np980073k.

Abstract

The Patagonian nudibranch Tyrinna nobilis contains a number of terpenoids, the novel seco-11,12-spongiane tyrinnal (1) and the known sesquiterpenoids dendrolasin (2), pallescensin A (3), and dehydropallescensin-2 (4). The metabolites probably derive from dietary sponges, thus suggesting a parallelism between the ecological relationships of T. nobilis and those of mollusks of genus Cadlina. The structure of 1 was determined by spectroscopic methods.