posted on 2007-12-07, 00:00authored byDavid E. Williams, Robert A. Keyzers, Kaoru Warabi, Kelsey Desjardine, Jenna L. Riffell, Michel Roberge, Raymond J. Andersen
Five new macrolides, spirastrellolides C (<b>3</b>) to G (<b>7</b>), have
been isolated from extracts of the marine sponge <i>Spirastrella
coccinea</i> collected in Dominica. Their structures have been
elucidated by a combination of spectroscopic analysis and
chemical transformations.