Drupella fragum

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Drupella fragum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Drupella
Species:
D. fragum
Binomial name
Drupella fragum
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drupa vitiensis Pilsbry, 1918
  • Drupella fraga (Blainville, 1832)
  • Purpura alba Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853
  • Purpura fragum Blainville, 1832
  • Ricinula dealbata Reeve, 1846

Drupella fragum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Powerful antioxidants were found in the midgut gland of Drupella fragum; which were brominated hydroxyindoles; the main compound isolated was 6-bromo-5-hydroxyindole and its positional isomers, such as 6-bromo-4,5-dihydroxyindole and 6-bromo-4,7-dihydroxyindole.[2] Among other compounds, 6-methoxy-4,7-indoloquinone and 5-methyl-4,7-indoloquinone were also isolated.[3]

References

  1. Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Ochi, M.; Kataoka, K.; Ariki, S.; Iwatsuki, C.; Kodama, M.; Fukuyama, Y. "Antioxidative bromoindole derivatives from the mid-intestinal gland of the muricid gastropod Drupella fragum". Journal of Natural Products. 61 (8): 1043–1045. doi:10.1021/np980097r. ISSN 0163-3864. PMID 9722496.
  3. Fukuyama, Yoshiyasu; Iwatsuki, Chie; Kodama, Mitsuaki; Ochi, Masamitsu; Kataoka, Kumi; Shibata, Kozo (20 August 1998). "Antimicrobial indolequinones from the mid-intestinal gland of the muricid gastropod Drupella fragum". Tetrahedron. 54 (34): 10007–10016. doi:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00593-6. ISSN 0040-4020.