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Occurrence of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid oxime in the marine spongeHymeniacidon sanguinea

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The occurrence from a marine sponge of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid oxime is good evidence that an oxime (4) is the biogenetic precursor of aerothionin (1), homoaerothionin (2) and aeroplysinin-1 (3), brominated metabolites isolated from Verongia sponges.

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  1. Laboratorio per la Chimica di Molecole di, Interesse Biologico del C. N. R., Via Toiano 2, Arco Felice, Napoli, Italy

    G. Cimino, S. de Stefano & L. Minale

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Cimino, G., de Stefano, S. & Minale, L. Occurrence of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid oxime in the marine spongeHymeniacidon sanguinea. Experientia 31, 756–757 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01938443

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