Herbacic acid, a simple prototype of 5,5,5-trichloroleucine metabolites from the sponge Dysidea herbacea

John B. MacMillan, Tadeusz F. Molinski

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Abstract

Dysidea herbacea, collected at Harrier Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, contains the novel metabolite herbacic acid as the major trichloroleucine metabolite. Herbacic acid appears to be an early product of direct free- radical chlorination of leucine and is a prototype for further transformation of the free carboxylic acid group and generation of complex trichloromethyl metabolites, including natural products of the dysidenin family.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)155-157
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume63
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Organic Chemistry

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