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2-Hydroxy fatty acids from marine sponges 2. The phospholipid fatty acids of the caribbean spongesVerongula gigantea andAplysina archeri

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The α-hydroxy fatty acids 2-hydroxy-eicosanoic (1) acid, 2-hydroxyheneicosanoic (2) acid, 2-hydroxydocosanoic (3) acid, 2-hydroxytetracosanoic (4) acid, 2-hydroxy-23-methyl-tetracosanoic acid and 2-hydroxypentacosanoic (5) acid were isolated from the Caribbean spongesVerongula gigantea andAplysina archeri. The very long chain fatty acids 5,9-nonacosadienoic acid (29∶2) and 5,9,23-tricontatrienoic acid (30∶3) were also identified together with theiso-prenoid fatty acid 3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic (phytanic) acid that seems to be common in the Aplysinidae.A. archeri contained an extremely long chain fatty acid tentatively characterized as dotricontaenoic (32∶1) acid. These acids were found to occur in phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylcholine and traces of phosphatidylglycerol.

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Abbreviations

PC:

phosphatidylcholine

PE:

phosphatidylethanolamine

PG:

phosphatidylglycerol

PI:

phosphatidylinositol

PS:

phosphatidylserine

PtO2 :

platinum oxide

ECL:

equivalent chain length

GC:

gas chromatograph(ic, y)

GLC:

gas liquid chromatography

MS:

mass spectrometry

PLC:

preparative layer chromatography

TLC:

thin layer chromatography

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, OO931, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

    Nestor M. Carballeira, Fathi Shalabi & Vilmary Negron

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Carballeira, N.M., Shalabi, F. & Negron, V. 2-Hydroxy fatty acids from marine sponges 2. The phospholipid fatty acids of the caribbean spongesVerongula gigantea andAplysina archeri . Lipids 24, 229–232 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02535240

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