title: Peloruside A: a potent cytotoxic macrolide isolated from the new zealand marine sponge Mycale sp.
abstract: A novel, polyoxygenated, pyranose ring containing 16-membered macrolide peloruside A (1) exhibiting cytotoxic activity in the nanomolar range was isolated from the New Zealand marine sponge Mycale sp. The structure of 1 and relative stereochemistry of the 10 stereogenic centers were determined on a 3 mg sample using a variety of spectroscopic methods. Compound 1 was isolated along with the previously reported cytotoxins mycalamide A (2) and pateamine (3) from a single specimen of this sponge.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria, University of Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Northcote
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Battershill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007783:Lactones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011161:Porifera / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D007783:Lactones; C414085:peloruside A