Author's Organization:Tokyo Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tokyo Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tokyo Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tokyo Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Tokyo College of Pharmacy Tokyo College of Pharmacy Tokyo College of Pharmacy
Four new butenolides (1a-d) were isolated from the Japanese gorgonian Euplexaura flava (Nutting). The structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of spectral data and chemical reactions.