Erogorgiaene is a bicyclic compound found in marine octocoral Psuedoptergorgia elisabethae. It is used as an intermediate to synthesize pseudopterosin and is made by dehydrogenizing elisabethatriene so that a benzene ring is formed.
Research Erogorgiaene was found to have potential as an antibiotic against mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, limited natural supply and expensive chemical synthesis keeps the usage of the antiboitic very low.
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