Vidalols A and B, new anti-inflammatory bromophenols from the Caribbean marine red alga Vidalia obtusaloba

Abstract

Chemical studies of the Caribbean red alga Vidalia obtusaloba have resulted in the isolation of two new bromophenolic metabolites, vidalols A and B (1, 2). The new compounds were discovered as part of an organized effort to isolate new naturally-occurring anti-inflammatory agents with a focus upon those which may function through the inhibition of phospholipase A2. © 1991 Birkhäuser Verlag.