Forbesin a novel sulfated glycolipid from the starfish asterias forbesi
Findlay J.A.; He Z Q.; Calhoun L.A.
Journal of Natural Products 53(4): 1015-1018
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0163-3864 DOI: 10.1021/np50070a042
Accession: 007357720
Two novel compounds representing two new classes of marine natural products have been isolated from Asterias forbesi together with several nucleosides and deoxynucleosides. The structures of the novel compounds have been determined by spectroscopic means: one, forbesin, a glycolipid, is shown to be 16-O-[.beta.-D-quinovopyranosyl-(1.fwdarw.2)-O-.beta.-D-quinovopyranosyl]eicosane-1-sodium sulfate and the other is the disodium salt of eicosane-1,16-disulfate.