Chemistry of Glossodoris nudibranchs: Specific occurrence of 12-keto scalaranes

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2325-2336

  Manzo, Emiliano ^a   Gavagnin, Margherita ^a   Somerville, Michael J ^b   Mao, Shui Chun ^c   Ciavatta, M Letizia ^a   Mollo, Ernesto ^a   Schupp, Peter J ^d   Garson, Mary J ^b   Guo, Yue Wei ^c   Cimino, Guido ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Chromodorididae; Glossodoris; Opisthobranchia; Scalaranes; Sesterterpenoids

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

BIOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; METABOLITE; MOLLUSC; OXIDATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLLUSC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLLUSCA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHROMODORIDIDAE; GLOSSODORIS; GLOSSODORIS NUDIBRANCHS; GLOSSODORIS PALLIDA; MOLLUSCA; NUDIBRANCHIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; VESPA;

EID: 36849054639     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9387-x     Document Type: Article

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