Sequestered chemistry of the Arminacean nudibranch Leminda millecra in Algoa Bay, South Africa.
Extracts of the endemic nudibranch Leminda millecra collected in Algoa Bay, South Africa, yielded four known metabolites, millecrones A (1) and B (2), isofuranodiene (5), and (+)-8-hydroxycalamenene (9), and nine new compounds, algoafuran (7), cubebenone (8), and a series of seven triprenylquinones and hydroquinones (21-27). A subsequent GC-MS survey of extracts of 21 of L. millecra's possible octocoral prey species in Algoa Bay identified the soft coral Alcyonium fauri as the source of 1 and the gorgonian Leptogorgia palma as the species producing 2 and 8.
McPhail
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KL
Department of Chemistry, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Davies-Coleman
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Starmer
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D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D005663:Furans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008974:Mollusca / Q000737:chemistry*; D011809:Quinones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013019:South Africa; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013237:Stereoisomerism
C438412:8-hydroxycalamenene; D005663:Furans; D011809:Quinones; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C438409:algoafuran; C438411:cubebenone; C438407:millecrone A; C438408:millecrone B; C017897:isofuranodiene