Cephalopod ink: Production, chemistry, functions and applications

Marine Drugs

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2700-2730

  Derby, Charles D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopoda; Cuttlefish; Funnel organ; Ink; Ink sac; Melanin; Neuroecology; Octopus; Predator prey; Squid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; COSMETIC; DOPACHROME REARRANGING ENZYME; ENZYME; INK; MELANIN; METAL; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICINE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CUTTLEFISH; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GLANDULAR SECRETION; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; ORGAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; REVIEW; SQUID; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EXOCRINE GLAND; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CEPHALOPODA; EXOCRINE GLANDS; HUMANS; INK; MELANINS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84901440330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md12052700     Document Type: Review

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