Nine new cyclodepsipeptides, homophymines B–E (2–5) and A1–E1 (1a–5a), were isolated from the polar extracts of the sponge Homophymia sp. The new structures, featuring new polyketide-derived end groups, were determined by interpretation of NMR and MS data. The configurations of the new end groups was secured by the application of J-based configurational analysis. Homophymines displayed very potent antiproliferative activity (IC50 in the nM range) against a panel of human cancer cell lines.
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