Succinprotocetraric acid explained

Succinprotocetraric acid is an organic chemical compound with the formula C₂₂H₁₈O₁₂. It is the ester of succinic acid and protocetraric acid and it is classified as a depsidone.

Succinprotocetraric acid is produced by certain lichens.^[1]

Known sources

• Buellia capensis
• Chondropsis semiviridis
• Menegazzia petraea
• Parmelia reptans
• Cladonia metacorallifera^[2]
• Cladonia rangiferina^[3]
• Cladonia arbuscula
• Cetraria islandica, though only of a specific chemotype^[4]

References

1. Baker . C. . Elix . J. A. . Murphy . D. P. H. . Kurokawa . S. . Sargent . M. V. . 1973 . Parmelia reptans, a new lichen species producing the depsidone, succinprotocetraric acid . Australian Journal of Botany . en . 21 . 1 . 137–140 . 10.1071/bt9730137 . 1444-9862.
2. Sepúlveda . Beatriz . Cornejo . Alberto . Bárcenas-Pérez . Daniela . Cheel . José . Areche . Carlos . Two New Fumarprotocetraric Acid Lactones Identified and Characterized by UHPLC-PDA/ESI/ORBITRAP/MS/MS from the Antarctic Lichen Cladonia metacorallifera . Separations . 1 February 2022 . 9 . 2 . 41 . 10.3390/separations9020041. free .
3. Shishido . Tânia Keiko . Wahlsten . Matti . Laine . Pia . Rikkinen . Jouko . Lundell . Taina . Auvinen . Petri . Microbial Communities of Cladonia Lichens and Their Biosynthetic Gene Clusters Potentially Encoding Natural Products . Microorganisms . 22 June 2021 . 9 . 7 . 1347 . 10.3390/microorganisms9071347. 34206222 . 8304397 . 10138/331759 . free . free .
4. Xu . Maonian . Heidmarsson . Starri . Thorsteinsdottir . Margret . Kreuzer . Marco . Hawkins . Julie . Omarsdottir . Sesselja . Olafsdottir . Elin Soffia . Authentication of Iceland Moss (Cetraria islandica) by UPLC-QToF-MS chemical profiling and DNA barcoding . Food Chemistry . April 2018 . 245 . 989–996 . 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.073. 29287470 .