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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Chemical variability within the marine sponge Aplysina fulva |
Other Titles: | Biochemical Systematics and Ecology |
Authors: | Nuñez, Cecilia Veronica Almeida, Erika Virginia Raphael de Granato, Ana Claudia Marques, Suzi O. Santos, Kelly O. Pereira, Fabio R. |
metadata.dc.creator: | Nuñez, Cecilia Veronica Almeida, Erika Virginia Raphael de Granato, Ana Claudia Marques, Suzi O. Santos, Kelly O. Pereira, Fabio R. |
Abstract: | Dibromotyrosine-derived metabolites are of common occurrence within marine sponges belonging to the order Verongida. However, previous chemical analysis of crude extracts obtained from samples of the verongid sponge Aplysina fulva collected in Brazil did not provide any dibromotyrosine-derived compounds. In this investigation, five samples of A. fulva from five different locations along the Brazilian coastline and one sample from a temperate reef in the South Atlantic Bight (SAB) (Georgia, USA) were investigated for the presence of bromotyrosine-derived compounds. All six samples collected yielded dibromotyrosinederived compounds, including a new derivative, named aplysinafulvin, which has been identified by analysis of spectroscopic data. These results confirm previous assumptions that dibromotyrosine-derived metabolites can be considered as chemotaxonomic markers of verongid sponges. The isolation of aplysinafulvin provides additional support for a biogenetic pathway involving an arene oxide intermediate in the biosynthesis of Verongida metabolites. It cannot yet be established if the chemical variability observed among the six samples of A. fulva collected in Brazil and the SAB is the result of different environmental factors, distinct chemical extraction and isolation protocols, or a consequence of hidden genetic diversity within the postulated morphological plasticity of this species. |
Keywords: | Aplysina fulva Dibromotyrosine Chemical variability Chemotaxonomy |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/6308 |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Química) |
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