Identification of the new 18-hexacosenoic acid in the sponge Thalysias juniperina

Lipids. 1990 Apr;25(4):235-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02535754.

Abstract

The phospholipid fatty acids from the sponge Spheciospongia cuspidifera were studied revealing the presence of the rare 10-octadecenoic acid (10-18:1) and a new 2-methoxyhexadecenoic acid. The phospholipid fatty acids from Thalysias juniperina were also studied revealing the presence of the hitherto unreported 18-hexacosenoic acid (18-26:1). These results tend to indicate that the biosynthetic pathway from 10-18:1 to 18-26:1 may be operative in nature. The phospholipid mixture from the sponges was also analyzed by 31P-NMR and shown to mainly consist of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, and phosphatidylglycerol. Phosphatidylcholine was not found in the sponges analyzed in this work.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fatty Acids / isolation & purification
  • Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / isolation & purification*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Oleic Acids / isolation & purification
  • Palmitic Acids / isolation & purification
  • Phospholipids / isolation & purification
  • Porifera / analysis*

Substances

  • Fatty Acids
  • Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated
  • Oleic Acids
  • Palmitic Acids
  • Phospholipids
  • 18-hexacosenoic acid
  • 10-octadecenoic acid