Quinone and Hydroquinone Metabolites from the Ascidians of the Genus Aplidium |
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| Authors: | Camila Spereta Bertanha Ana Helena Januário Tavane Aparecida Alvarenga Letícia Pereira Pimenta Márcio Luis Andrade e Silva Wilson Roberto Cunha Patrícia Mendon?a Pauletti |
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| Institution: | Center for Research in Exact and Technological Sciences, University of Franca, Avenue Doutor Armando Salles Oliveira, 201, Franca, São Paulo 14404-600, Brazil; E-Mails: (C.S.B.); (A.H.J.); (T.A.A.); (L.P.P.); (M.L.A.S.); (W.R.C.) |
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| Abstract: | Ascidians of the genus Aplidium are recognized as an important source of chemical diversity and bioactive natural products. Among the compounds produced by this genus are non-nitrogenous metabolites, mainly prenylated quinones and hydroquinones. This review discusses the isolation, structural elucidation, and biological activities of quinones, hydroquinones, rossinones, longithorones, longithorols, floresolides, scabellones, conicaquinones, aplidinones, thiaplidiaquinones, and conithiaquinones. A compilation of the 13C-NMR spectral data of these compounds is also presented. |
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| Keywords: | ascidian secondary metabolites structure elucidation bioactivity 13C-NMR spectral data quinones hydroquinones |
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