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Simplakidine A, a unique pyridinium alkaloid from the Caribbean sponge plakortis simplex
Claudio Campagnuolo1, Caterina Fattorusso, Ernesto Fattorusso
1Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Dipartimento di Farmacologia Sperimentale, Università di Napoli "Federico II", Via D. Montesano 49, I-80131 Napoli, Italy.
Organic Letters
|February 28, 2003
Abstract:
Simplakidine A, a unique 4-alkyl-substituted pyridiunium alkaloid, has been isolated from the Caribbean sponge Plakortis simplex. The stereostructure of simplakidine A has been determined using MS and NMR data, molecular mechanics, and an extension of the J-based configuration analysis. Data about the growth-inhibition activity of simplakidine A are reported.