One new drimane-type sesquiterpenoid, named ugandenial A (1), was isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the bark of Warburgia ugandensis (Canellaceae) together with eight known drimane-type sesquiterpenoids: 11alpha-hydroxycinnamosmolide (2), warburganal (3), polygodial (4), mukaadial (5), dendocarbin A (6), 9alpha-hydroxycinnamolide (7), dendocarbin L (8) and dendocarbin M (9). Their stru...

Chun-Shun Li, Xiao-Ming Li, Chuan-Ming Cui, and Bin-Gui Wang Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanhai Road 7, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China Reprint requests to Prof. Dr. Bin-Gui Wang. Fax: +86-532-82880645. E-mail: [email protected] Z. Naturforsch. 2010, 65b, 87 – 89; received October 10, 2009 One new sesquiterpenoid, aristolan...

Cycloabiesesquine A, representing a unique carbon skeleton among the sesquiterpenoids, was isolated from Abies delavayi and by extensive spectroscopic and computational methods, its structure was elucidated as (7S,8R,12R)-4,8-dihydroxy-1,3,5,10-tetraen-8,12-cyclobisabolan-9-one.

Detailed chemical investigation of the South China sponge Dysidea arenaria resulted in the isolation of a new sesquiterpenoid hydroquinone, 19-hydroxypolyfibrospongol B (1), along with five known compounds: polyfibrospongol B (2), isosemnonorthoquinone (3), ilimaquinone (4), smenospongine (5) and smenotronic acid (6). The structures were determined by extensive spectroscopic analysis. The in vi...

A new antibiotic was isolated from fermentations of an american strain of Collybia confluens. Its structure was elucidated by spectroscopic methods as 2,10,10-trimethal-4-oxo-tricyclo[7.2.0.0(2.5)]undec-6- en-carbaldehyde (with the relative stereo chemistry 1S, 2R, 5R, 9R) (1). The inhibitor, which was named collybial, is structurally related to koraiol, a sesquiterpenoid isolated from Pinus ko...