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Bioactive marine metabolites I. Isolation of guaiazulene from the gorgonian Euplexaura erecta

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The isolation and identification of guaiazulene from the gorgonianEuplexaura erecta is described.

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  1. Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    N. Fusetani, S. Matsunaga & S. Konosu

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We are grateful to Professor Paul J. Scheuer, the University of Hawaii, for reading this manuscript, and to Dr K. Aizawa, Department of Agricultural Chemistry of this university, for the measurement of the high resolution mass spectra. This work was partly supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan.

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Fusetani, N., Matsunaga, S. & Konosu, S. Bioactive marine metabolites I. Isolation of guaiazulene from the gorgonian Euplexaura erecta. Experientia 37, 680–681 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967917

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