Gv. Alea et al., COSCINOQUINOL, A NEW CYTOTOXIC SESTERTERPENE FROM A DICTYOCERATID SPONGE, COSCINODERMA SP, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 47(1), 1994, pp. 191-194
A marine sponge, Coscinoderma sp., from the Great Barrier Reef, Austra
lia, contained a new sesterterpene hydroquinone, coscinoquinol (1). Th
e structure was elucidated by one-dimensional and two-dimensional n.m.
r. techniques. Cytotoxicity and other biological activities are report
ed for (1).