Enteromorpha linza

Alga, Enteromorpha linza whole, Raritan Bay, NJ Water Pb content 0.002 mg/L 18 DW 8... 

Fries L (1975) Some observations on the morphology of Enteromorpha linza (L.) J. Ag. and Enteromorpha compressa (L.) Grev. in axenic culture. Bot Mar 18 251-253 Fukuhara Y, Mizuta H, Yasui H (2002) Swimming activities of zoospores in Laminaria japonica (Phaeophyceae). Fish Sci 68 1173-1181... 

In order to find new sources of antiviral agents with different mechanisms of action, extracts of marine algae from all over the world were assayed for anti-HSV activity. The first screening of 89 types of seaweed collected from British Columbia, Canada and Korea for antiviral activity was reported by Kim et al. [66]. Analipus japonicus was the most potent anti-herpes algae. Extracts from 13 types of Korean seaweed previously shown to contain antiviral activity were investigated in more detail in order to learn their mechanism of action [14]. Four species, Enteromorpha linza, Colpomenia bullosa, Scytosiphon lomentaria and Undaria pinnatifida were active against HSV. In experiments to determine the site of action of these antiviral extracts, the predominant activity was virucidal (i.e., direct inactivation of virus particles) rather than inhibition of virus replication. 

D.-P. Hader, M. Lebert, E.W. Helbling (2001). Effects of solar radiation on the Patagonian macroalgae Enteromorpha linza (L.) J. Agardh - Chlorophyceae. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B Biol, 62,43-54. 

Some simple peptides have been isolated in Dasydadales and Ulvales. Carnosine, isolated for the first time in 1900 from beef has been identified in Spongomorpha saxatilis, and L-arginyl-L-glutamine in Enteromorpha linza (Fattor-usso and Piattelh, 1980). 

FIGURE 116.2 Effective photosynthetic quantum yield of Enteromorpha linza measured after 30 min dark adapta tion, 15 min exposure, and after increasing recovery times in the shade, calculated as (Ent - Ff)/Fm. Gray bars denote the specimens exposed to unfiltered solar radiation. Black bars denote the specimens exposed to UV-A and PAR. White bars represent the specimens exposed to PAR only. The data are mean values of eight measurements and SE. The values for unfiltered solar radiation and under the 320 nm cutoff filter treatments are statistically significantly different from the PAR-only values (395 nm cutoff) in each set with P< 0.001, P< 0.01, or P< 0.1, respectively, as indicated by the student s t-test. Irradiances for the experiment were as follows PAR 349 W m, UV-A 44.15 W m, and UV-B 1.34 W m. (From Hader, D. P., Lebert, M., and Helbling, E.W., /. Photochem. Photohiol. B Biol. 62, 43, 2001. With permission.)... 

Nostoc commune Chlorophyta (green) Chara vulgaris Chlorella ellipsoidea C. pyrenoidea C. vulgaris Cladophora rupestris Coelastrum proboscideum Enteromorpha compressa E. linza... 

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