Two cytotoxic squalene-derived polyethers from the Japanese red alga Chondria armata

• Main Authors: Toshiyuki Hamada, Kazushi Kobayashi, Naomichi Arima, Fumito Tani, Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan, Satoaki Onitsuka, Hiroaki Okamura
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25981/1/Two%20cytotoxic%20squalene-derived%20polyethers%20from%20the%20Japanese%20red%20alga%20Chondria%20armata.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25981/; https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2020.1777411

The red alga Chondria armata is known to produce and contain a rich diversity of secondary metabolites, such as domoic acid-related alkaloids and triterpene polyethers. Our investigation on red alga C. armata from Kagoshima coast, Japan, resulted in the isolation of two new triterpene polyethers, ba...