Aciculitin

Aciculitins are antifungal cyclic peptides isolated from a marine sponge. There are 3 Aciculitins that are isolated from the Lithistid sponge Aciculites orientalis that differ by their homologous lipid residues.[1]

Aciculitins A-C

Further reading

Antimicrobial peptides from marine invertebrates as a new frontier for microbial infection control

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References
  1. Bewley, Carole A; He, Haiyin; Williams, David H; Faulkner, John (8 May 1996). "Aciculitins A−C: Cytotoxic and Antifungal Cyclic Peptides from the Lithistid Sponge Aciculites orientalis". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118 (18): 4314–4321. doi:10.1021/ja953628w.


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