Defense metabolites from the marine sponge Verongia aerophoba

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Weiss, Beate ^a   Ebel, Rainer ^a   Elbrächter, Malte ^b   Kirchner, Marianna ^b   Proksch, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chemical defense; Gastropods; Microalgae; Natural products; Sponges; Verongia aerophoba

Indexed keywords

VERONGIA AEROPHOBA;

EID: 0030062055     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(95)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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