title: Metabolites with a novel c30 backbone from marine ciliates.
abstract: Challenging questions are raised about the biosynthetic origin of vannusal A (1), a metabolite that is isolated from the tropical marine ciliate Euplotes vannus and contains an unusual C30 backbone.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Chimica Bioorganica, Facoltà di Scienze MFN, Università di Trento, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guella
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pietra
keywords: Ciliates; Molecular modeling; NMR spectroscopy; Natural products; Terpenoids