High resolution mass spectrometry investigation of an extract of the toxic cyanobacterium Sphaerospermopsis torques-reginae ITEP-024 led to the discovery of four new spumigin congeners. The structures for these peptides were postulated on the basis of accurate mass data and isotopic pattern information of both full scan and product ion spectra. This is the first reported evidence of spumigins on Sphaerospermopsis species.
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