The first naturally occurring alpha-methoxylated branched-chain fatty acids from the phospholipids of Amphimedon complanata

Authors
Carballeira, NM Alicea, J
Citation
Nm. Carballeira et J. Alicea, The first naturally occurring alpha-methoxylated branched-chain fatty acids from the phospholipids of Amphimedon complanata, LIPIDS, 36(1), 2001, pp. 83-87
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
LIPIDS
ISSN journal
00244201 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
83 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-4201(200101)36:1<83:TFNOAB>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The phospholipid fatty acid composition of the sponge Amphimedon complanata was reinvestigated, and the 2-methoxy-13-methyltetradecanoic acid, 2-metho xy-14-methylpentadecanoic acid, and 2-methoxy-13-melhylpentadecanoic acid w ere identified for the first time in nature. Structure characterization was accomplished by means of gas chromatographic retention times and gas chrom atography-mass spectrometry. These acids could have originated from bacteri a in symbiosis with the sponge.