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Natural Products Chemistry and Chemical Defense in Tropical Marine Algae of the Phylum Chlorophyta

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Bioorganic Marine Chemistry

Part of the book series: Bioorganic Marine Chemistry ((BMC,volume 1))

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This article reviews the natural products chemistry of marine green algae (Chlorophyta), including investigations to December, 1986. The natural products chemistry is presented with an emphasis on chemical ecology, and in particular upon the natural biological functions of algal metabolites in the marine environment. The results of biological testing of the metabolites in laboratory assays designed to examine antimicrobial activity, cytotoxicity, larval toxicity, and ichthyotoxicity are summarized. Results of laboratory and field experiments designed to identify the deterrent effects of the metabolites toward herbivores are also reviewed. Recent studies, documenting chemical variation in the production of secondary metabolites within plants, among individual plants, and among populations of algae are discussed, with a focus on the ecological factors which may produce this phenomenon.

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  1. Marine Laboratory, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, 96923, Guam USA

    Valerie J. Paul

  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA

    William Fenical

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    Paul J. Scheuer

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Paul, V.J., Fenical, W. (1987). Natural Products Chemistry and Chemical Defense in Tropical Marine Algae of the Phylum Chlorophyta. In: Scheuer, P.J. (eds) Bioorganic Marine Chemistry. Bioorganic Marine Chemistry, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72726-9_1

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