The halogenated metabolism of brown algae (phaeophyta), its biological importance and its environmental significance

Marine Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 988-1010

  La Barre, Stéphane ^a,b   Potin, Philippe ^a,b   Leblanc, Catherine ^a,b   Delage, Ludovic ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Brown algae; Defense metabolites; Halogen speciation; Haloperoxidases

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; BROMINE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; HALOGEN; IODIDE; IODINE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHLOROGLUCINOL DERIVATIVE; PHLOROTANNIN DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTIC STRESS; BROWN ALGA; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; HALOGENATION; LAMINARIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT METABOLISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUNLIGHT;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; LAMINARIALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77952565548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md8040988     Document Type: Review

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