ChemInform Abstract: Asperazine, a Selective Cytotoxic Alkaloid from a Sponge-Derived Culture of Aspergillus niger.

✍ Scribed by M. VAROGLU; T. H. CORBETT; F. A. VALERIOTE; P. CREWS

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 27 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.199809214

✦ Synopsis

Asperazine, a Selective Cytotoxic Alkaloid from a Sponge-Derived Culture of Aspergillus niger.

-The structure and absolute stereochemistry of the unusual unsymmetrical diketopiperazine dimer alkaloid (I), which is obtained by a saltwater culture of Aspergillus niger derived from a Caribbean Hyrtios sponge, are elucidated. -(VAROGLU, M.; CORBETT, T.