Two new pentacyclic sesterpenes, 12-O-desacetylfuroscalarol (1) and 12-O-desacetylscalarin (2), which enhance nerve growth factor synthesis, have been isolated from the Okinawan marine sponge Hyrtios sp. and their structures elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data.
Two new pentacyclic sesterpenes, 12-O-desacetylfuroscalarol (1) and 12-O-desacetylscalarin (2), which enhance nerve growth factor synthesis, have been isolated from the Okinawan marine sponge Hyrtios sp. and their structures elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data.