Author's Organization:Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University Yoshida-shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University Yoshida-shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University Yoshida-shimoadachi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Kyoto College of Pharmacy Yamashina-misasagi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Kyoto College of Pharmacy Yamashina-misasagi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Kyoto College of Pharmacy Yamashina-misasagi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Kyoto College of Pharmacy Yamashina-misasagi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Faculty of Agriculture Kyoto University Kitashirakawa-oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
The ether extract of Sargassum tortile, a marine alga, was examined and a new isoprenoid chromenol was isolated. The structure of this compound was determined to be Ia on the basis of the chemical and spectroscopic evidence.