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Synfacts 2011(1): 0002-0002  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259126
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York

Synthesis of (+)-Dictyosphaeric Acid A

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, Catherine F. Carter
A. R. Burns, G. D. McAllister, S. E. Shanahan, R. J. K. Taylor*
University of York and GlaxoSmithKline, Tonbridge, UK
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21. Dezember 2010 (online)

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Significance

(+)-Dictyosphaeric acid A was isolated by Ireland and co-workers in 2004 from the green alga Dictyosphaeria versluyii. It was found to exhibit antibacterial activity against MRSA, ­Enterococcus faecium, and Candida albicans.