PREDATOR PREY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NAVANAX-INERMIS AND BULLA-GOULDIANA - A CHEMICAL APPROACH

Authors
SPINELLA A ALVAREZ LA CIMINO G
Citation
A. Spinella et al., PREDATOR PREY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NAVANAX-INERMIS AND BULLA-GOULDIANA - A CHEMICAL APPROACH, Tetrahedron, 49(15), 1993, pp. 3203-3210
Citations number
17
Journal title
Tetrahedron → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404020
Volume
49
Issue
15
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3203 - 3210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4020(1993)49:15<3203:PPRBNA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Two new compounds, 5,6-dehydroaglajne-3 (9) and isopulo'upone (10), ha ve been isolated and characterized, along with the already known niuhi none-B (7), from Navanax inermis and its prey Bulla gouldiana, firmly establishing on a chemical basis the predator - prey relationship betw een this pair of cephalaspidean opisthobranchs. The peculiarity of the metabolites and their structural analogy with other compounds isolate d from other cephalaspidean molluscs assign a taxonomic relevance for them.