Sesquiterpenoids of Laurencia majuscula (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Phycological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 59-64

  Masuda, Michio ^a   Itoh, Taiji ^a   Matsuo, Yoshihide ^a   Suzuki, Minoru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramiales; Chemotaxonomy; Corps en cerise; Laurencia majuscula; Rhodomelaceae; Rhodophyta; Sesquiterpenoid

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CERAMIALES; LAURENCIA; LAURENCIA MAJUSCULA; RHODOMELACEAE; RHODOPHYTA; RYUKYU;

EID: 0002031274     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.1997.tb00063.x     Document Type: Article

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