<div>Interest in the Aaptos genus (in particular, Aaptos aaptos) kicked off in 1982 with the discovery of aaptamine, which was then a novel heteroaromatic. This article was published in Tetrahedron Letters and paved the way for future discoveries. Since then, we have had aaptosine, aaptosamine, ciliatamides and suberitines and not to mention the first paper published, where a branched chain mono-glycerol ether was discovered. 
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