Chemistry:Luteophanol

Short description: Group of chemical compounds

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

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