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Feeding-Deterrents from the Brown Alga Dictyopteris undulata against the Abalone Haliotis discus hannai.

Year: 1993

Type: article

Abstract: The feeding-deterrent activity of methanol extract from the brown alga Dictyopteris undulata that grows densely in the nursery grounds of the abalone Haliotis discus was tested on the abalone H. discus hannai by the cellulose plate bioassay method. Bioassay-guided isolation afforded five active sesquiterpene derivatives (zonarol, isozonarol, chromazonarol, zonarone, and isozonarone) from the neutral and acidic fractions of the methanol extract. It seems that D. undulata adopts to sublittoral zones where abalone are abundant by virtue of having feeding-deterrent sesquiterpenes.

Source: NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI

DOI: 10.2331/suisan.59.339

Authors: Kazuya Taniguchi, Jun-ichi Yamada, Kazuya Kurata, Minoru Suzuki

Institutions: Hokkaido University, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency

Language: English

Topic: Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds

Subfield: Aquatic Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1982285555

FWCI: 1.332

Cites: 3

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10