Terpenoids with antifouling activity against barnacle larvae from the marine sponge Acanthella cavernosa

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(95)01079-3

Fourteen terpenoids, including six new compounds, have been isolated from the marine sponge Acanthella cavernosa collected off Hachijo-jima Island. They inhibit of larval attachment and metamorphosis of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite. Their structures were determined mainly by spectroscopic methods.