Bromophenols in marine algae and their bioactivities

Marine Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1273-1292

  Liu, Ming ^a   Hansen, Poul Erik ^b   Lin, Xiukun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Bromophenols; Marine algae

Indexed keywords

(3,5 DIBROMO 4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ACETIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; 1 (2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYL)PYRROLIDIN 2 ONE; 1,2 BIS(2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,2 BIS(3 DIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,8 DIBROMO 5,7 DIHYDRODIBENZO[C,E]OXEPINE 2,3,9,10 TETRAOL; 2 (2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYL)CYCLOHEXANONE; 2,2',3,3' TETRABROMO 4,4',5,5' TETRAHYDROXYDIPHENYLMETHANE; 2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE; 2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYLALCOHOL; 2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLBENZENE; 2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLETHER; 2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLSULFONE; 2,6 DIBROMO 3,3',4,4',5 PENTAHYDROXYDIPHENYLMETHANONE; 2,6 DICHLORO 3,3',4,4',5 PENTAHYDROXYDIPHENYLMETHANONE; 3 (3 BROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYL) 2 (3,5 DIBROMO 4 HYDROXYPHENYL)PROPIONIC ACID; 3 BROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE; 3,5 DIBROMO 4 HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE; 4 (3 BROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)BUT 3 EN 2 ONE; 4,7 DIBROMO 9,10 DIHYDROPHENANTHRENE 2,3,5,6 TETRAOL; 6 (2,3 DIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYL) 2,3 DIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLETHER; 6 (2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYL) 2,5 DIBROMO 3,4 DIHYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLETHER; 7 BROMO 9,10 DIHYDROPHENANTHRENE 2,3,5,6 TETRAOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIS(2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYBENZYL)ETHER; BIS(2,3,6 TRIBROMO 4,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)METHANE; BROMOPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URCEOLATOL;

ALGA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BROMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; EYE INJURY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IC 50; MARINE SPECIES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

ALGAE;

EID: 79960816384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md9071273     Document Type: Review

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