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Two novel furanosesterterpenes, okinonellins A (1) and B (2), have been isolated from the spongeSpongionella sp. Both compounds inhibit cell division of starfish embryos.
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Bioactive Marine Metabolites XIV; Part XIII: S. Matsunaga, N. Fusetani, and K. Hashimoto, J. Am. chem. Soc., in press.
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Kato, Y., Fusetani, N., Matsunaga, S. et al. Okinonellins A and B, two novel furanosesterterpenes, which inhibit cell division of fertilized starfish eggs, from the marine spongeSpongionella sp. Experientia 42, 1299–1300 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946432
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