Laurenidificin,a new brominated C₁₅-acetogenin from the marine red alga Laurencia nidifica

• Xu Liu ^a,b, ,
• Xiao Ming Li ^a, ,
• Chun Shun Li ^a, ,
• Nai Yun Ji ^c, ,
• Bin Gui Wang ^a,

• a Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China;

• b Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;

• c Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research for Sustainable Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China

• Received Date: 24 February 2010
  
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  This work was financially supported by the National High-Tech R&D Project (No.2007AA09Z403),the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30530080),and the Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province (No.2006GG2205023).The authors are grateful to Prof.B.M.Xia at the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for the valuable help in identifying the algal material.