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Julia Kubanek1, Anne C Prusak, Terry W Snell
1School of Biology and School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA. julia.kubanek@biology.gatech.edu
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[structures: see text] Three diterpene-benzoate natural products, with novel carbon skeletons and an unusual proposed biosynthesis, were isolated from extracts of the Fijian red alga Callophycus serratus and identified by a combination of X-ray crystallographic, NMR, and mass spectral analyses. Bromophycolide A (1) displayed cytotoxicity against several human tumor cell lines via specific apoptotic cell death. This represents the first discovery of natural products incorporating a diterpene and benzoate skeleton into a macrolide system.
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