ENDOPEROXIDE PATHWAY IN PROSTAGLANDIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE SOFT CORAL GERSEMIA-FRUTICOSA

Authors
VARVAS K KOLJAK R JARVING I PEHK T SAMEL N
Citation
K. Varvas et al., ENDOPEROXIDE PATHWAY IN PROSTAGLANDIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE SOFT CORAL GERSEMIA-FRUTICOSA, Tetrahedron letters, 35(44), 1994, pp. 8267-8270
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
35
Issue
44
Year of publication
1994
Pages
8267 - 8270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1994)35:44<8267:EPIPBI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
An acetone powder preparation of the White Sea soft coral Gersemia Fru ticosa converts exogenous arachidonic acid to a prostaglandin-endopero xide, identified as PGG(2) by chemical and spectral studies. The latte r serves as a key intermediate from which, evidently by nonenzymic tra nsformations, all optically active coral prostaglandins are formed.