Formaldehyde, as its dimedone adduct, from ascophyllum nodosum

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-215

  Tyihák, Ernö ^a   Blunden, Gerald ^b   Yang, Ming He ^b   Crabb, Trevor A ^b   Sárdi, Éva ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV OF HORT AND FOOD INDUSTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; betaines; formaldehyde; formaldemethone

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM;

EID: 0030447293     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02184974     Document Type: Article

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