S. Urban et al., Axinellamines A-D, novel imidazo-azolo-imidazole alkaloids from the Australian marine sponge Axinella sp., J ORG CHEM, 64(3), 1999, pp. 731-735
Four imidazo-azolo-imidazole alkaloids, axinellamines A-D, have been isolat
ed from an Australian marine sponge, Axinella sp. (order: Halichondrida: fa
mily: Axinellidae). These compounds contain a unique perhydrocyclopenta-imi
dazo-azolo-imidazole carbon skeleton. Three of these compounds had bacteric
idal activity against Helicobacter pylori at 1000 mu M.