Desmethylubiquinone Q2 from the Far-Eastern Ascidian Aplidium glabrum: Structure and Synthesis

Authors :: N. N. Balaneva
Ann M. Bode
Zigang Dong
Larisa K. Shubina
Valentin A. Stonik
Pavel S. Dmitrenok
Sergey N. Fedorov
Sophia A. Kolesnikova
Oleg S. Radchenko
Source :: ChemInform. 36
Publication Year :: 2005
Publisher :: Wiley, 2005.
Abstract: Two new diprenylquinones, glabruquinone A (desmethylubiquinone Q 2 ) having cancer preventive properties and its minor isomer Glabruquinone B were isolated from the ascidian Aplidium glabrum . Their structures have been elucidated by NMR and mass spectra and confirmed by synthesis.

Subjects :: Chemistry
Stereochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Drug Discovery
Mass spectrum
General Medicine
Aplidium glabrum
Biochemistry

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