Caribbean coral

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Gottlieb OR (1990) Phytochemistry differentiation and function. Phytochemistry 29 1715-1724 Harbome AR, Mumby PJ, Micheli F, Perry CT, Dahlgren CP, Holmes KE, Brumbaugh DR (2006) The functional value of Caribbean coral reef, seagrass and mangrove habitats to ecosystem processes. Adv Mar Biol 50 57-189... 

Caribbean coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae discovered by Fenical et al. [47], Pseudopterosin E, Fig. (3) is the one with the best pharmacological profile, combining low toxicity and potent antiinflammatory activity. In human neutrophils, pseudopterosin E inhibits degranulation and formation of Ieukotrienes [2], In 1991, phase I clinical trials were initiated with pseudopterosin E as a topical anti-inflammatory agent. Recently, novel anti-inflammatory natural products have been isolated from this Caribbean soft coral [48,49], Japanese researchers reported the isolation of a group of compounds designated helioporins A-E, which are related to the pseudopterosins [1],... 

Gleason, D. F., Differential effects of ultraviolet radiation on green and brown morphs of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides, Limnol. Oceanogr., 38, 1452, 1993. 

Gleibs, S., Mebs, D, and Werding, B. 1995. Studies on the origin and distribution of palytoxin in a Caribbean coral reef. Tox-icon33(ll) 1531-1537. 

Foster, S. A. (1987). The relative impacts of grazing by Caribbean coral reef fishes and Diadema Effects of habitat and surge. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 105, 1—20. 

Kuntz, N. M., Kline, D. I., Sandin, S. A., and Rohwer, P. (2005). Pathologies and mortality rates caused by organic carbon and nutrient stressors in three Caribbean coral species. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 294, 173-180. 

Rohwer, F., Breitbart, M.,Jara,J., Azam, F., andKnowlton, N. (2001). Diversity ofbacteria associated with the Caribbean coral Montastraea franksi. Coral Reefs. 20(1), 85—91. 

Diaz, M. C., and Rutzler, K. (2001). Sponges An essential component of Caribbean coral reefs. Bull. 

Wulff, J. L. (2006). Rapid diversity and abundance decline in a Caribbean coral reef sponge community. Biol. Conserv. 127, 167—176. 

Glynn, P.W., 1973. Ecology of a Caribbean coral reef, the Porites reef flat biotype Part II. Plankton community with evidence for depletion. Mar. Biol., 22 1—21. 

Milliman, J., 1973. Caribbean coral reefs. In O.A. Jones, and R. Endean (Editors), Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs. Academic, New York, NY, Vol. 1, pp. 1—50. 

Caribbean coral reefs are in danger... but you can help. If you are planning a trip to a Caribbean reef, remember - never TOUQH, or ANCHOR on the corals. 

An Oppolzer cyclization was used in the stereoselective synthesis of (-)-eryth-rodiene (95), a sesquiterpenoid isolated from Caribbean coral (Scheme 12.30).192... 

M.P. Lesser (2000). Depth-dependent photoacclimatization to solar ultraviolet radiation in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 192, 137-151. 

Corey EJ, Matsuda SPT, Nagata R, Cleaver MB. Biosynthesis of 8(R)-HPETE and preclavulone A from arachidonate in several species of Caribbean coral. A widespread route to marine prostanoids. Tetrahedron Lett 1988 29 2555-2558. 

Morinaka, B.I., Pawbk, J.R., and Molinski, T.E. (2009) Amaroxocanes A and B Sulfated dimeric sterols defend the Caribbean coral reef sponge Phorbas amaranthus from fish predators. /. Nat. Prod., Tl, 259-264. 

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