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Establishment of a Clonal Culture of Unicellular Conjugating Algae
Published on: July 14, 2018
Bromocatechol conjugates from a Chinese marine red alga, Symphyocladia latiuscula
Xiuli Xu1, Haijin Yang2, Zeinab G Khalil3
1School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China.
Abstract:
This study describes an investigation into polybromocatechol conjugates isolated from a marine red alga, Symphyocladia latiuscula (Harvey) Yamada, collected from coastal waters off Qingdao, China. We report on the isolation and characterisation of eight undescribed aconitic acid conjugates, symphyocladins R-X, including a likely solvolysis artifact of symphyocladin S, and an undescribed furanoyl conjugate, symphyocladin Y. Structure elucidation was achieved by detailed spectroscopic analysis. A plausible biosynthetic pathway linking all these co-metabolites through a cascade of quinone methide additions is proposed.
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