Antifouling activity of bioactive substances extracted from Holothuria scabra

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 513, Issue , 2004, Pages 251-253

  Selvin, Joseph ^a   Lipton, A P ^b  

^a MALANKARA CATHOLIC COLLEGE   (India)

^b CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antifouling compounds; Foot adherence bioassay; Holothuria scabra; Holothurian; Patella vulgata

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; METABOLITES; METHANOL; PURIFICATION;

BIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES; FOOT ADHERENCE;

ANTIFOULING PAINT;

ANTIFOULING; BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; MOLLUSC; PEST CONTROL;

HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA SCABRA; MOLLUSCA; PATELLA VULGATA;

EID: 1842529343     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:hydr.0000018300.86172.92     Document Type: Article

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