Arboxeniolide-1, a New, Naturally Occurring Xeniolide Diterpenoid from the Gorgonian Paragorgia arborea of the Crozet Is. (S. Indian Ocean)

Abstract

The gorgonian Paragorgia arborea, collected in the Crozet Is. waters at a depth of 280 m during the cruise MD.30/BIOMASS of M/S “Marion Dufresne”, is shown, in what constitutes the first organic-chemical study of a Paragorgiidae, to possess three C20H28O2 xeniolide diterpenoids, two of which are identical with those from a Corallium sp. of the Hawaii. The third xeniolide, arboxeniolide-1, is new as a naturally occurring compound. © 1984, Walter de Gruyter. All rights reserved.