(+)-Curcuphenol and (+)-Curcudiol, sesquiterpene phenols from shallow and deep water collections of the marine sponge Didiscus Flavus

From our efforts to identify antifungal agents from marine organisms, we have isolated and identified (+)-curcuphenol [1] and (+)-curcudiol [2] two sesquiterpene phenols, from both deep and shallow water collections of the sponge Didiscus flavus van Soest (fam. Latrunculiidae). (-)-Curcuphenol has been reported previously as a metabolite of the gorgonian soft coral Pseudopterogorgia rigida (1) and the terrestrial plant Lasianthaea podocephala (2, 3).

This document is the accepted manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in Journal of Natural Products after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/np50053a042. This article may be cited as: Wright, A. E., Pomponi, S. A., McConnell, O. J., Kohmoto, S., & McCarthy, P. J. (1987). (+)-Curcuphenol and (+)-Curcudiol, sesquiterpene phenols from shallow and deep water collections of the marine sponge Didiscus Flavus. Journal of Natural Products, 50(5), 976-978. doi:10.1021/np50053a042

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