%0 Journal Article %T Acyclic diterpenoid from the red alga Gracilaria foliifera %A Alarif %A Walied M. %A Ayyad %A Seif-Eldin. N. %A Al-lihaibi %A Sultan S %J Revista latinoamericana de qu¨ªmica %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the dichloromethane/methanol extract from the red alga gracilaria foliifera was subjected to a column chromatography which afforded a new (naturally) acyclic diterpenoid 3,7,11,15 tetramethyl-3-hexadec-en-1-ol (1) in addition to two c29 ethylidene steroids fucosterol, (24e)-stigmasta-5,24(28)-diene-3¦Â-ol (2) and isofu-costerol, (24z)-stigmasta-5,24(28)-diene-3¦Â-ol (3) which are reported for the first time from the genus gracilaria. the structures were assigned mainly on the basis of 1h and 13c nmr experiments. %K red sea %K gracilaria foliifera %K acyclic diterpenoid %K fucosterol %K isofucosterol. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0370-59432010000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en