Didemnum fragile
Didemnum fragile | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Ascidiacea |
Order: | Aplousobranchia |
Family: | Didemnidae |
Genus: | Didemnum |
Species: | D. fragile |
Binomial name | |
Didemnum fragile Sluiter, 1909 | |
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Didemnum fragile is a species of sea squirt in the family Didemnidae.
Research
[edit]Didemnum fragile is of medical interest as it contains shishijimicin molecules, which have been seen to have potent anti-tumor activity in HeLa cells at picomolar concentrations.[1] Shishijimicin A was recently synthesized.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Oku, N; Matsunaga, S; Fusetani, N (26 February 2003). "Shishijimicins A-C, novel enediyne antitumor antibiotics from the ascidian Didemnum proliferum(1)". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125 (8): 2044–5. doi:10.1021/ja0296780. PMID 12590521.
- ^ "Rice lab synthesizes cancer-killing compound". Retrieved 2015-07-13.