title: Sesquiterpene metabolites of the antarctic gorgonian Dasystenella acanthina.
abstract: The ethereal extract of the Antarctic gorgonian Dasystenella acanthina was found to contain three main nonpolar and relatively transient sesquiterpene metabolites (1-3), which were isolated and submitted to spectral analysis. Two of them were identified as the previously reported compounds trans-beta-farnesene (1) and isofuranodiene (3), whereas the third metabolite, the furanoeudesmane 2, was unknown. The structure elucidation of this new sesquiterpene was solved mainly on the basis of its spectral properties and correlation with known compounds.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, I 80078-Pozzuoli (Na), Italy. mgavagnin@icmib.na.cnr.it
authors.forename: Margherita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gavagnin
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mollo
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castelluccio
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crispino
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cimino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D003532:Cyprinodontiformes; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D006054:Goldfish; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D045787:Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D045787:Sesquiterpenes, Eudesmane; C482491:furanoeudesmane