Pettit G R, Kantoci D, Doubek D L, Tucker B E, Pettit W E, Schroll R M
Cancer Research Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1604.
J Nat Prod. 1993 Nov;56(11):1981-4. doi: 10.1021/np50101a018.
The Papua New Guinea shell-less mollusc Dolabella auricularia has been found to contain a series of green to blue-green chlorins. One of these compounds was found to be the nickel chelate tunichlorin [1] which was isolated previously only from the Caribbean tunicate Trididemnum solidum. Discovery of tunichlorin [1] in a sea hare suggests that its occurrence in algae-consuming marine animals may be more common than earlier realized, and it may have a role in electron transfer or other metabolic processes.
人们发现，巴布亚新几内亚的无壳软体动物耳状梭海牛（Dolabella auricularia）含有一系列从绿色到蓝绿色的二氢卟吩。其中一种化合物被发现是镍螯合物tuniclorin [1]，该化合物此前仅从加勒比海被囊动物坚实皮海鞘（Trididemnum solidum）中分离得到。在海兔中发现tuniclorin [1]表明，它在以藻类为食的海洋动物中的存在可能比之前认为的更为普遍，并且它可能在电子转移或其他代谢过程中发挥作用。
