Isolation and NMR spectroscopic clarification of the alkaloid 1,3,7-trimethylguanine from the ascidian Eudistoma maculosum

Y Berry; J B Bremner; A Davis; S Samosorn

doi:10.1080/14786410500463270

Isolation and NMR spectroscopic clarification of the alkaloid 1,3,7-trimethylguanine from the ascidian Eudistoma maculosum

Nat Prod Res. 2006 May 10;20(5):479-83. doi: 10.1080/14786410500463270.

Authors

Y Berry¹, J B Bremner, A Davis, S Samosorn

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.

PMID: 16644546
DOI: 10.1080/14786410500463270

Abstract

The alkaloid 1,3,7-trimethylguanine was isolated from the ascidian Eudistoma maculosum, and differences in the NMR spectroscopic data for this compound compared with data in the literature are due to ammonium salt formation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alkaloids / chemistry
Animals
Guanine / analogs & derivatives*
Guanine / chemistry
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Phytotherapy*
Urochordata*

Substances

1,3,7-trimethylguanine
Alkaloids
Guanine