Luteophanol is a type of
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. The ...
. There are variants labeled luteophanol A through luteophanol D. They contain the following common fragments with
amphidinols:
# Polyhydroxyl groups.
# Two
tetrahydropyran
Tetrahydropyran (THP) is the organic compound consisting of a saturated six-membered ring containing five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. It is named by reference to pyran, which contains two double bonds, and may be produced from it by addi ...
rings.
Luteophanols have demonstrated
antibacterial
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of ...
properties, but unlike amphidinols, they do not show
antifungal activity.
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External links
Y. Doi et al., "Luteophanol A, a New Polyhydroxyl Compound from Symbiotic Marine Dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp." Journal of Organic Chemistry
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(1997) (abstract)
Abstract of article on Luteophanol D
Ethers
Alkene derivatives
Tetrahydropyrans
Polyols