Luteophanol is a type of
organic compound
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. There are variants labeled luteophanol A through luteophanol D. They contain the following common fragments with
amphidinols:
# Polyhydroxyl groups.
# Two
tetrahydropyran
Tetrahydropyran (THP) is the organic compound consisting of a saturated six-membered ring containing five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. It is named by reference to pyran, which contains two double bonds, and may be produced from it by addin ...
rings.
Luteophanols have demonstrated
antibacterial
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properties, but unlike amphidinols, they do not show
antifungal
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activity.
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References
* Y. Doi et al., "Luteophanol A, a New Polyhydroxyl Compound from Symbiotic Marine Dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp.",
Journal of Organic Chemistry
''The Journal of Organic Chemistry'', colloquially known as ''JOC'', is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for original contributions of fundamental research in all branches of theory and practice in organic and bioorganic chemistry. It is publ ...
(1997) {{doi, 10.1021/jo970273l
Abstract of article on Luteophanol D
Ethers
Alkene derivatives
Tetrahydropyrans
Polyols