Temporal variation in the production of four secondary metabolites in a colonial ascidian

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2079-2084

  Lopez Legentil S ^a,b,c   Bontemps Subielos, N ^b   Turon, X ^a   Banaigs, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Deacetylkuanoniamine D; Deacetylshermilamine B; Kuanoniamine D; Secondary metabolite production; Shermilamine B; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ALKALOID; PHENANTHROLINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDOACRIDINE;

ALKALOID; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COLOR MORPH; INVERTEBRATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UROCHORDATA;

ACRIDINES; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; PHENANTHROLINES; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CYSTODYTES;

EID: 33747655162     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9148-2     Document Type: Article

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