Euglenophycin

Euglenophycin is an ichthyotoxic compound isolated from Euglena sanguinea, a protist of the genus Euglena. It exhibits anticancer and herbicidal activity in vitro.[1]

Euglenophycin
Names
IUPAC name
4-(6-((1E,3E,7Z)-Undeca-1,3,7-trien-1-yl)piperidin-2-yl)butan-1-ol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/C20H35NO/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-14-19-16-13-17-20(21-19)15-11-12-18-22/h4-5,8-10,14,19-22H,2-3,6-7,11-13,15-18H2,1H3/b5-4+,9-8+,14-10+
    Key: SWJAJYNVBOUDCL-OOUMJBCFSA-N
  • OCCCCC1CCCC(/C=C/C=C/CC/C=C\CCC)N1
Properties
C20H35NO
Molar mass 305.506 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
  1. ^ o'Neill, Ellis C.; Trick, Martin; Henrissat, Bernard; Field, Robert A. (2015-12-01). "Euglena in time: Evolution, control of central metabolic processes and multi-domain proteins in carbohydrate and natural product biochemistry". Perspectives in Science. 6: 84–93. doi:10.1016/j.pisc.2015.07.002. ISSN 2213-0209.