Natural products from antarctic colonial ascidians of the genera Aplidium and Synoicum: Variability and defensive role

Marine Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1741-1764

  Núñez Pons, Laura ^a   Carbone, Marianna ^b   Vázquez, Jennifer ^a   Rodríguez, Jaime ^c   Nieto, Rosa María ^c   Varela, María Mercedes ^d   Gavagnin, Margherita ^a   Avila, Conxita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphipod Cheirimedon femoratus; Antarctic colonial tunicates; Antibacterial activity; Deterrent activity; Sea star Odontaster validus

Indexed keywords

2,3 EPOXYROSSINONE B; 3 EPIROSSINONE B; 5,6 EPOXYROSSINONE B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APLICYANIN A; APLICYANIN B; APLICYANIN C; APLICYANIN D; APLICYANIN E; APLICYANIN F; APLIDIUM EXTRACT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MERIDIANIN A; MERIDIANIN B; MERIDIANIN C; MERIDIANIN D; MERIDIANIN E; MERIDIANIN F; MERIDIANIN G; MEROTERPENOID DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PSAMMOPEMMIN A; PSAMMOPEMMIN B; PSAMMOPEMMIN C; ROSSINONE B; SYNOICUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VARIOLIN A; VARIOLIN B; VARIOLIN D;

AMPHIPODA; APLIDIUM; APLIDIUM FALKLANDICUM; APLIDIUM FUEGIENSE; APLIDIUM MERIDIANUM; APLIDIUM MILLARI; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHEIRIMEDON FEMORATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; ODONTASTER VALIDUS; PREDATOR; STARFISH; SYNOICUM; SYNOICUM ADAREANUM;

APLIDIUM; APLIDIUM MERIDIANUM; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; ASTEROIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHEIRIMEDON FEMORATUS; ODONTASTER VALIDUS; SYNOICUM; SYNOICUM ADAREANUM; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 84865974123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md10081741     Document Type: Article

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