Chemical investigations of the Caribbean ascidian Lissoclinum fragile (Didemnidae) have resulted in the isolation of new alkaloids which we have designated eudistomin U [1] and isoeudistomin U [2]. Their structures were determined by spectrometric and chemical means.
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