Pseudopterosin content variability of the purple sea whip Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae at the islands of San Andres and Providencia (SW Caribbean)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1183-1201

  Puyana, Monica ^a   Narvaez, Ginna ^a   Paz, Alejandro ^a   Osorno, Oscar ^a   Duque, Carmenza ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory activity; chemical variability; Colombian Caribbean; diterpenes; Gorgonian; Octocorallia; Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae; pseudopterosins; San Andres and Providencia islands

Indexed keywords

DITERPENE; PSEUDOPTEROSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BERMUDA; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLOR; CORAL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA ELISABETHAE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARIBBEAN REGION; DITERPENES; GEOGRAPHY; GLYCOSIDES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

COLOMBIA; SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALCYONARIA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA ELISABETHAE;

EID: 3042737008     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000030271.73629.26     Document Type: Article

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