Candida albicans Batzella sponge against

The bioactive pyirolo[4,3,2-de]quinoline alkaloids B. are isolated from the Caribbean sponge Batzella sp., living at a depth of about 120 m. B. AC,2H,, C1N2C>2S, Mr 282.74, black prisms, mp. 205 °C isobatzellineA C12H12CIN3OS, Mr 281.77, brown solid, active against P388 leukemia cells and Candida albicans. They may be biosynthetic precursors of the discorhabdins. 

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