Mar. Drugs 2003, 1(1), 27-33; doi:10.3390/md101027
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Rigidin E, a New Pyrrolopyrimidine Alkaloid from a Papua New Guinea Tunicate Eudistoma Species

Rohan A. Davis 1 , Lane V. Christensen 1 , Adam D. Richardson 1 , Rosana Moreira Da Rocha 2  and Chris M. Ireland 1,* email
1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA 2 Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, C.P. 19020, 81.531-980, Curitiba, Brazil
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 18 September 2003 / Accepted: 13 November 2003 / Published: 26 November 2003
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Abstract: A new pyrrolopyrimidine alkaloid, rigidin E (1) and the known metabolites rigidin (2) and 1-methylherbipoline (3) have been isolated from a Papua New Guinea tunicate Eudistoma sp. A combination of spectroscopic data were used to determine the structures of these metabolites.
Keywords: Tunicate; Eudistoma sp.; rigidin E; cytotoxicity; HCT 116; A431

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Davis, R.A.; Christensen, L.V.; Richardson, A.D.; Da Rocha, R.M.; Ireland, C.M. Rigidin E, a New Pyrrolopyrimidine Alkaloid from a Papua New Guinea Tunicate Eudistoma Species. Mar. Drugs 2003, 1, 27-33.

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Davis RA, Christensen LV, Richardson AD, Da Rocha RM, Ireland CM. Rigidin E, a New Pyrrolopyrimidine Alkaloid from a Papua New Guinea Tunicate Eudistoma Species. Marine Drugs. 2003; 1(1):27-33.

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Davis, Rohan A.; Christensen, Lane V.; Richardson, Adam D.; Da Rocha, Rosana M.; Ireland, Chris M. 2003. "Rigidin E, a New Pyrrolopyrimidine Alkaloid from a Papua New Guinea Tunicate Eudistoma Species." Mar. Drugs 1, no. 1: 27-33.

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