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Luteophanol

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Luteophanol is a type of organic compound. There are variants labeled luteophanol A through luteophanol D. They contain the following common fragments with amphidinols:

  1. Polyhydroxyl groups.
  2. Two tetrahydropyran rings.

Luteophanols have demonstrated antibacterial properties, but unlike amphidinols, they do not show antifungal activity.

Chemical structure of luteophanol A

References

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  • Y. Doi et al., "Luteophanol A, a New Polyhydroxyl Compound from Symbiotic Marine Dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp.", Journal of Organic Chemistry (1997) doi:10.1021/jo970273l
  • Abstract of article on Luteophanol D