The vertebrate pineal hormone melatonin is produced by the brown alga Pterygophora californica and mimics dark effects on growth rate in the light

Planta

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Fuhrberg, Birgit ^a   Balzer, Ivonne ^a   Hardeland, Rüdiger ^a   Werner, Astrid ^b   Lüning, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Methoxytryptophol; Circadian rhythm (growth rate); Dark effect; Growth rate reduction; Melatonin; Pterygophora (Phaeophyta)

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GONYAULAX POLYEDRA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PTERYGOPHORA; PTERYGOPHORA CALIFORNICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029849088     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00196659     Document Type: Article

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