Identification of 5,9-hexadecadienoic acid in the marine sponge Chondrilla nucula.
The fatty acid 5,9-hexadecadienoic was identified in the sponge Chondrilla nucula. This is the shortest fatty acid with the delta 5,9 unsaturation yet isolated from a marine sponge.
D000818:Animals; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D011161:Porifera / Q000032:analysis*
D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D010743:Phospholipids; C049916:5,9-hexadecadienoic acid