Reidispongia coerulea

In a later stage we had the opportunity to investigate in our laboratories other two New Caledonian lithistid sponges, Neosiphonia superstes and Reidispongia coerulea which proved to be a rich source of biological active macrolides and cyclic peptide with unusual structures. 

Carbonelli, S., Zampella, A., Randazzo, A., Debitus, C., and Gomez-Paloma, L. (1999) Sphinxolides E-G and reidispongiolide C four new cytotoxic macrolides from the New Caledonian lithistida sponge Neosiphonia superstes and Reidispongia coerulea. Tetrahedron, 55, 14665-14674. 

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