Volvatellin, caulerpenyne-related product from the sacoglossan volvatella sp
Volvatellin (4) is a highly unstable terpene isolated from the extracts of the Indian opisthobranch mollusk Volvatella sp. The structure and the relative stereochemistry of 4 were determined by NMR methods. The paper also describes a hypothetical biosynthesis of 4 starting from the alga-derived caulerpenyne.
Istituto per la Chimica di Molecole di Interesse Biologico (ICMIB) del CNR, via Toiano 6, 80072 Arco Felice Napoli, Italy, and National Institute of Oceoanography (NIO), Dona Paula, Goa, India.
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Fontana
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Ciavatta
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Mollo
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Naik
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Wahidulla
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D'Souza
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Cimino