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

[edit] External links

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