Chemical with Anti-Malarial Properties Discovered in Sponges

Diisocyanoadociane is a chemical compound that is specific to a species of sponges called Cymbastela hooperi. It is a member of a class of chemicals called diterpenes, which is known for anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties and features such compounds as retinol and retinal. For diisocyanoadociane, it was initially sampled and studied in 1998, going through a few various studies since then, the most recent of which being from 2013. Such highlights the problem with most anti-malarial drugs, as side effects alongside the killing of the infecting protozoans can massively outweigh the actual treatment of the disease in question. Diisocyanoadociane in particular has been found to have some chemical similarities to chemicals with dream-altering properties, which explains its unusually long trial period.