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Endoperoxide pathway in prostaglandin biosynthesis in the soft coral Gersemia fruticosa
Varvas, Kuelliki,Koljak, Reet,Jaerving, Ivar,Pehk, Tonis,Samel, Nigulas
, p. 8267 - 8270 (1994)
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.
