Kim Pham

Dr. Kim Pham

Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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8 March 2022 in Marine Drugs
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SKSofia Kokkaliari
Sofia Kokkaliari
KPKim Pham
Kim Pham
NSNargess Shahbazi
Nargess Shahbazi
LCLaurent Calcul
Laurent Calcul
LWLukasz Wojtas
Lukasz Wojtas
Bill BakerBill Baker
Bill Baker
Five new alkaloids have been isolated from the lipophilic extract of the Antarctic tunicate Synoicum sp. Deep-sea specimens of Synoicum sp. were collected during a 2011 cruise of the R/V Nathanial B. Palmer to the southern Scotia Arc, Antarctica. Crude extracts from the invertebrates obtained during the cruise were screened in a zebrafish-based phenotypic assay. The Synoicum sp. extract induced embryonic dysmorphology characterized by axis truncation, leading to the isolation of aminopyrimidine substituted indolone (1–4) and indole (5–12) alkaloids. While the primary bioactivity tracked with previously reported meridianins A–G (5–11), further investigation resulted in the isolation and characterization of australindolones A–D (1–4) and the previously unreported meridianin H (12).