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Isoprenoid fatty acids from marine sponges. Are sponges selective?
Author(s) -
Carballeira Nestor M.,
Maldonado Lilliam,
Porras Beatriz
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02533980
Subject(s) - sponge , lipidology , chemistry , clinical chemistry , biology , biochemistry , botany
The burrowing sponges Anthosigmella varians and Spheciospongia vesparium were found to be rich in the isoprenoid phospholipid fatty acid 4,8,12‐trimethyltridecanoic (5.2% and 23%, respectively, of the total fatty acid composition), while the burrowing sponge Chondrilla nucula and the demosponge Agelas dispar contained the acid 3,7,11,15‐tetramethylhexadecanoic (13.8% and 8.6%, respectively, of the total phospholipid fatty acid composition). No other isoprenoid fatty acid was found, and the two acids described in this work did not occur concomitantly in the same sponge.