Further membranolide diterpenes from the antarctic sponge dendrilla membranosa
Sridevi Ankisetty1, Charles D Amsler, James B McClintock
1Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue SCA400, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Journal of Natural Products
|July 24, 2004
Abstract:
Chemical investigation of the Antarctic sponge Dendrilla membranosa collected from the vicinity of Palmer Station on Anvers Island, Antarctica, yielded three new diterpenes, membranolides B-D (2-4), as well as three previously reported sponge metabolites. Membranolides C and D (3, 4), bearing carboxylic acid functional groups, display Gram-negative antibiotic and antifungal activities.


