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4. We are grateful to the Station Biologique de Roscoff (Nord-Finistère, France) for their hospitality which enabled us to collect the sponge.
5. Difficulty was experienced in purification of the natural compound because its facile conversion to thep-hydroxyphenylacetic acid.