Climacostol, a defense toxin of the heterotrich ciliate Climacostomum virens against predators

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 47, 1999, Pages 8227-8229

  Masaki, Miyuki Eiraku ^a   Harumoto, Terue ^b   Terazima, Masayo Noda ^b   Miyake, Akio ^c   Usuki, Yoshinosuke ^a   Iio, Hideo ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biologically active compounds; Cobalt; Cobalt compounds; Phenols; Toxins

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; COBALT; COBALT DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033584941     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01722-0     Document Type: Article

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