Polycitone B and prepolycitrin A: two novel alkaloids from the marine ascidian Polycitor africanus

J Nat Prod. 2000 Jun;63(6):832-3. doi: 10.1021/np9905158.

Abstract

Two novel compounds, polycitone B (4) and prepolycitrin A (3), were isolated from the marine ascidian Polycitor africanus. The structures of these new dibromotyrosine metabolites were established mainly on the basis of NMR spectroscopic data. Isolation of compound 3 supports the earlier suggestion that it is the bioprecursor of polycitrin A (2).

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Alkaloids / isolation & purification*
  • Animals
  • Furans / chemistry
  • Furans / isolation & purification*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Chemical
  • Pyrroles / chemistry
  • Pyrroles / isolation & purification*
  • Urochordata / chemistry*

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Furans
  • Pyrroles
  • polycitone B
  • prepolycitrin A