Synthesis of Methyl (5Z,9Z,17R)-17-Methylnonadeca-5,9-dienoate, the (R)-Enantiomer of the Structure Proposed for a Metabolite of the Philippine Sponge Plakinastrella sp.

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2065-2069

  Takagi, Miho ^a   Takikawa, Hirosato ^a   Mori, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Marine natural product; Methyl branched fatty acid; Optically active fatty acid; Plakinastrella sp.; Sponge

Indexed keywords

PLAKINASTRELLA;

ESTER; METHYL 17 METHYLNONADECA 5,9 DIENOATE; METHYL 17-METHYLNONADECA-5,9-DIENOATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESTERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PORIFERA; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0035465318     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.2065     Document Type: Article

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