Gg. Harrigan et al., SYMPLOSTATIN-1 - A DOLASTATIN-10 ANALOG FROM THE MARINE CYANOBACTERIUM SYMPLOCA HYDNOIDES, Journal of natural products, 61(9), 1998, pp. 1075-1077
A new solid tumor selective cytotoxic analogue of dolastatin 10 (1) ha
s been isolated from the marine cyanobacterium Symploca hydnoides, col
lected near Guam. This metabolite has been assigned the trivial name s
ymplostatin 1 (2). This discovery supports the proposal that many comp
ounds isolated from the seahare Dolabella auricularia, the original so
urce of the dolastatins, are of dietary origin.