Sirirath Sodngam, Tanaka Junichi, Ohtani Ikuko I, Ichiba Toshio, Rachmat Rachmaniar, Ueda Kazunori, Usui Takeo, Osada Hiroyuki, Higa Tatsuo
Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan.
J Nat Prod. 2002 Dec;65(12):1820-3. doi: 10.1021/np0200865.
Six new polyketides, bitungolides A-F (1-6), have been isolated from the Indonesian sponge Theonella cf. swinhoei and their structures elucidated by spectroscopic data and X-ray diffraction analysis. The bitungolides are a new class of Theonella metabolites that inhibit dual-specificity phosphatase VHR.