Erogorgiaene

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 a antibiotic against mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, limited natural supply and expensive chemical synthesis keeps the usage of the antiboitic very low.