Synfacts 2011(8): 0820-0820  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260750
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Lactodehydrothyrsiferol

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, Catherine F. Carter
D. J. Clausen, S. Wan, P. E. Floreancig*
University of Pittsburg, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
20 July 2011 (online)

Significance

Lactodehydrothyrsiferol was ­isolated from the red seaweed Laurencia viridis and is a selective inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A).