New ceramides from the sponge Cinachyra cavernosa

Abstract

Two new ceramides 1 and 2, and tetillapyrone 3 have been isolated from the Indian sponge Cinachyra cavernosa. The structures of 1, 2, and 3 were determined by spectroscopic and chemical analyses.

Keywords:

• new ceramide 1 and 2
• tetillapyrone
• sponge, Cinachyra cavernosa

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the Director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, for providing necessary research facilities to carry out the work. We acknowledge gratefully to the Department of Ocean Development, Government of India for financial assistance. We are also thankful to Mr H.R. Mishra and Mr N.P. Mishra for their technical assistance. Collection of material by Dr M.N. Srivastava of the Botany Division of the Institute is also acknowledged.