posted on 2004-11-29, 00:00authored byMiriam H. Kossuga, John B. MacMillan, Evan W. Rogers, Tadeusz F. Molinski, Gislene G. F. Nascimento, Rosana M. Rocha, Roberto G. S. Berlinck
A new antifungal agent, (2S,3R)-2-aminododecan-3-ol (1), has been isolated from the ascidian Clavelina
oblonga collected in Brazil. The structure of 1 was established by analysis of spectroscopic data, including
absolute stereochemistry determined by circular dichroism analysis of the dibenzoyl derivative 2.
Compound 1 displayed antifungal activity against Candida albicans ATCC 10231 with a MIC of 0.7 μg/mL and against Candida glabrata with a MIC of 30 μg/mL.