Two novel brominated diterpenes, prevezols A and B, have been isolated from
the organic extract of the red alga Laurencia obtusa, collected from the c
oastal rocks of Preveza in the Ionean Sea, Greece. The structures of the ne
w natural products, as well as their relative stereochemistry, were establi
shed by means of spectral data analysis, including 2D NMR experiments along
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