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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Fu P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4892649 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20150529 12
Spithioneines A and B (1 and 2), two new bohemamine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloids possessing an unusual ergothioneine moiety, were isolated from a marine-derived Streptomyces spinoverrucosus. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis, CD spectra, and chemical degradation and synthesis. Compounds 1 and 2 are rare natural products that incorporate the amino acid ergothioneine. ...[more]