Ascidians (Tunicates)–1

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The article contains sections titled: Reminder About the Concept of the Chordata1 Description of Tunicates and Classification of the Ascidiacea General Information on the Chemistry of Ascidians Lipids: Fatty Acids, Acyltunichlorins, Polyketides, and Oxylipins Amino Alcohols, Sphinganines, Serinolipids, Ceramides, and Cerebrosides Sterols and Steroids Carotenoids Sulfated Polysaccharides of Ascidian Tunics Nitrogenous Biopolymers and Lectins Metabolites of Didemnidae Didemnaketals and Chlorinated Diterpenes of Lissoclinum Species Aromatic Polysulfanes and Other Atypical Sulfur Derivatives Lamellarins and Other Pyrrole Alkaloids Derivatives of Quinoline, Pyridoacridine, and Pyrroloacridine Derivatives of Tyramine, Tryptophan, Indole, and β-Carboline Cytotoxic Linear Amides: Bistratene A and Bistramides Linear Peptides and 1,4-Diketopiperazines Cyclic Peptides Macrolides: Patellazoles Cyclic Depsipeptides: Didemnins, Aplidin (Plitidepsin), and Other Derivatives Purines, Nucleosides, and Analogs Metabolites of Polycitoridae Terpenes of Cystodytes sp. and Polycitor adriacticus Aromatic Polysulfanes of Polycitor sp Nitrogenous Macrolides: Iejimalides Simple Pyrrole and Indole Alkaloids β-Carboline Alkaloids: Eudistomins and Related Derivatives Decahydroquinoline Alkaloids: Lepadins Quinolizidine and Indolizine Alkaloids Perhydropyrrolo[2,1-j] and Perhydropyrido[2,1-j] Quinoline Alkaloids: Cylindricines Pyridoacridine Alkaloids and Related Derivatives Other Types of Alkaloids Cyclic Peptides Keywords: Ascidiidae; alkaloids; antibacterial peptides; biopolymers; cerebrosides; Cionidae; cyclic depsipeptides; cyclic peptides; cyclophanes; Diazonidae; Didemnidae; diketopiperazines; glycolipids; isoquinoline alkaloids; lamellarins; macrolides; Molgulidae; oxylipins; Perophoridae; Polycitoridae; Polyclinidae; polyketides; Pyuridae; serinolipids; sphingosines; steroids; Styelidae; sulfated polysaccharides; terpenes; vanadium