Turbinaric Acid, a Cytotoxic Secosqualene Carboxylic Acid from the Brown Alga Turbinaria ornata
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Natural Products
- Vol. 52 (5) , 1167-1169
- https://doi.org/10.1021/np50065a045
Abstract
A moderately cytotoxic secosqualene carboxylic acid designated turbinaric acid [1] has been isolated from the brown alga Turbinaria ornata, and it has been identified to be 4, 8, 13, 17, 21-pentamethyl-4, 8, 12, 16, 20-docosapentaenoic acid by means of spectral analysis and synthesis.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: