Diterpenoid constituents from the brown alga Dictyota menstrualis (Dictyotaceae, Phaeophyta)

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 609-611

  Cavalcanti, Diana N ^a,b   Rezende, Claudia M ^a   Pinto, Angelo C ^a   Teixeira, Valéria L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Biologia Marinha Instituto de Biologia Universidade F Ederal Fluminense   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antivirals; Chemotaxonomy; Dictyota menstrualis; Dictyotaceae; Diterpenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149014754     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0600100802     Document Type: Article

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