Ad. Patil et al., NOVEL ALKALOIDS FROM THE SPONGE BATZELLA SP - INHIBITORS OF HIV GP120-HUMAN CD4 BINDING, Journal of organic chemistry, 60(5), 1995, pp. 1182-1188
The Caribbean sponge Batzella sp. contains a number of guanidine alkal
oids, two of which, batzelladines A (1) and B (2), inhibit the binding
of HIVgp-120 to CD4 and are therefore potential inhibitors of HIV. In
addition to the known metabolites ptilomycalin A (6), ptilocaulin (7)
, crambescin A (8), crambescidin 800 (9), and crambescidin 816 (10), B
atzella sp. contains five new alkaloids, batzelladines A-E (1-5), the
structures of which were elucidated by interpretation of spectral data
and chemical degradation.