Beukes DR, Davies-Coleman MT, Kelly-Borges M, Harper MK, Faulkner DJ
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0212, Department of Chemistry, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, and UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
J Nat Prod. 1998 May;61(5):699-701. doi: 10.1021/np970580m.
Three indole alkaloids, dilemmaones A-C (1-3), were isolated from a mixture of sponges that was collected near Cape Town, South Africa. The structures of dilemmaones A-C (1-3) were elucidated by interpretation of spectroscopic data. The dilemma caused by faulty differentiation of similar specimens in the field is discussed in detail.