Pycnanthuquinone C, an unusual 6,6,5-tricyclic geranyltoluquinone from the Western Australian brown alga Cystophora harveyi

Title: Pycnanthuquinone C, an unusual 6,6,5-tricyclic geranyltoluquinone from the Western Australian brown alga Cystophora harveyi
Creator: Laird, Damian Ward; Poole, Rachel; Wikstrom, Maria; Van Altena, Ian A.
Relation: Journal of Natural Products Vol. 70, Issue 4, p. 671-674
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/np060566m
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2007
Description: Chemical investigation of the Western Australian marine brown alga Cystophora harveyi resulted in the isolation of the new linearly fused 6,6,5-tricyclic compound pycnanthuquinone C (1), in addition to four previously reported geranyltoluquinol derivatives. Structures were elucidated by interpretation of spectrometric data. Compounds with the same cyclic skeleton as 1 have been reported to be useful drug leads for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, while compounds 4 and 7 are known constituents of Chinese medicinal herbs. A biosynthetic scheme encompassing all of the geranyltoluquinol derivatives isolated from C. harveyi is proposed.
Subject: Western Australian; cystophora harveyi; pycnanthuquinone C
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/34038
Identifier: uon:3495
Identifier: ISSN:0163-3864
Language: eng
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