@article{4a11998ce8004ffdba1f61f57785470c,
title = "Asteropterin, an inhibitor of cathepsin B, from the marine sponge Asteropus simplex",
abstract = "A new pteridine derivative, asteropterin (1), was isolated as a cathepsin B inhibitor from the marine sponge Asteropus simplex. The structure of asteropterin (1) was elucidated by the analysis of spectral data.",
keywords = "Cathepsin B, Inhibitor, Lumazine, Sponge",
author = "Shuhei Murayama and Yoichi Nakao and Shigeki Matsunaga",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Dr. Kazuo Furihata of the University of Tokyo for his assistance in measuring NMR spectra. We also acknowledge Professor Rob W. M. van Soest, Zoological Museum of University of Amsterdam for the identification of the sponge (ZMAPOR 16718). This work was partly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas 16073207 from MEXT.",
year = "2008",
month = jun,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.04.043",
language = "English",
volume = "49",
pages = "4186--4188",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "26",
}