Endoperoxide pathway in prostaglandin biosynthesis in the soft coral Gersemia fruticosa

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(94)88299-1

An acetone powder preparation of the White Sea soft coral Gersemia converts exogenous arachidonic acid to a prostaglandin-endoperoxide, identified as PGG₂ by chemical and spectral studies. The latter serves as a key intermediate from which, evidently by nonenzymic transformations, all optically active coral prostaglandins are formed.