An unidentified ascidian from the Arabian Sea contained nine new alkal
oids of the lamellarin class together with lamellarin N. The structure
s of the 20-sulfate derivatives of lamellarins T. U, V, and Y (1-4) an
d lamellarins T - X (5-9) were identified by interpretation of spectro
scopic data. This is the first report of lamellarin sulfates. (C) 1997
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