D'Armas H T, Mootoo B S, Reynolds W F
Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
J Nat Prod. 2000 Nov;63(11):1593-5. doi: 10.1021/np000229s.
A new sesquiterpene derivative named mochiquinone (1) was isolated from the Caribbean gorgonian coral Pseudopterogorgia rigida collected off northeastern Venezuela, along with the known compounds, alpha-curcumene, (-)-curcuphenol, (-)-curcuquinone, and (-)-curcuhydroquinone. The structure of the new compound was determined by spectroscopic analysis of its acetylated derivative and comparison with known compounds.
