8,8'-Bieckol is an eckol-type phlorotannin found in the brown algae Ecklonia cava[1] and Ecklonia kurome.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ahn, M. J.; Yoon, K. D.; Min, S. Y.; Lee, J. S.; Kim, J. H.; Kim, T. G.; Kim, S. H.; Kim, N. G.; Huh, H.; Kim, J. (2004). "Inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and protease by phlorotannins from the brown alga Ecklonia cava". Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 27 (4): 544–547. doi:10.1248/bpb.27.544. PMID 15056863.
  2. ^ Fukuyama, Y.; Kodama, M.; Miura, I.; Kinzyo, Z.; Mori, H.; Nakayama, Y.; Takahashi, M. (1989). "Anti-plasmin inhibitor. V. Structures of novel dimeric eckols isolated from the brown alga Ecklonia kurome OKAMURA". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 37 (9): 2438–2440. doi:10.1248/cpb.37.2438. PMID 2605688.