A new alkaloid, 7-bromo-1-ethyl-β-carboline (1) has been isolated from the New Zealand marine bryozoan Pterocella vesiculosa (Lamarck, 1816). Structural elucidation was achieved through NMR spectroscopic and mass spectrometric analysis.
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