title: Aberrarone: a gorgonian-derived diterpene from Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae.
abstract: A marine metabolite based on a previously undescribed carbon skeleton, aberrarone (1), is reported as a natural product from the Caribbean sea whip, Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae. The molecular structure of the crystalline metabolite was established by spectral analysis and subsequently confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Aberrarone shows in vitro antimalarial activity against a chloroquine-resistant strain of the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 23346, UPR Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3346.
authors.forename: Ileana I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Abimael D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D001685:Biological Factors; D004224:Diterpenes; C545415:aberrarone