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Determination of Total Lipid and Lipid Classes in Marine Samples
Published on: December 11, 2021
Brominated selinane sesquiterpenes from the marine brown alga Dictyopteris divaricata
Nai-Yun Ji1, Wei Wen, Xiao-Ming Li
1Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research for Sustainable Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China.
Abstract:
Two new brominated selinane sesquiterpenes, 1-bromoselin-4(14),11-diene (1) and 9-bromoselin-4(14),11-diene (2), one known cadinane sesquiterpene, cadalene (3), and four known selinane sesquiterpenes, alpha-selinene (4), beta-selinene (5), beta-dictyopterol (6), and cyperusol C (7), were isolated from a sample of marine brown alga Dictyopteris divaricata collected off the coast of Yantai (China). Their structures were established by detailed MS and NMR spectroscopic analysis, as well as comparison with literature data.
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