Antibacterial and cytotoxic natural and synthesized hydroquinones from sponge Ircinia spinosula

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 417-423

  Mihopoulos, Nikos ^a   Vagias, Constantinos ^a   Chinou, Ioanna ^a   Roussakis, Christos ^b   Scoullos, Michael ^a   Harvala, Catherine ^a   Roussis, Vassilios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Antibacterial Activity; Antitumoral Activity; Ircinia spinosula; Polyprenylated Hydroquinone; Synthetic Derivative

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; ACETYLATION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CLONE; CYTOTOXICITY; HYDROGENATION; HYDROQUINONE; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; IRCINIA SPINOSULA; METHYLATION; OXIDATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

IRCINIA; IRCINIA SPINOSULA;

EID: 0033133885     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1999-5-618     Document Type: Article

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