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SUBMITTER: Nagai H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6628398 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Toxins 20190621 6
Cyanobacteria have been shown to produce a number of bioactive compounds, including toxins. Some bioactive compounds obtained from a marine cyanobacterium <i>Moorea producens</i> (formerly <i>Lyngbya majuscula</i>) have been recognized as drug leads; one of these compounds is aplysiatoxin. We have isolated various aplysiatoxin derivatives from a <i>M. producens</i> sample obtained from the Okinawan coastal area. The frozen sample was extracted with organic solvents. The ethyl acetate layer was o ...[more]