Macroalgae marine algae

Pohnert G, Jung V (2003) Intracellular compartmentation in the biosynthesis of caulerpenyne study on intact macroalgae using stable-isotope-labeled precursors. Org Lett 5 5091-5093 Potin P, Bouarab K, Salaun JP, Pohnert G, Kloareg B (2002) Biotic interactions of marine algae. Curr Opin Plant Biol 5 308-317... 

The purpose of this chapter is to review the role of DMSP and related compounds in marine algae, with an emphasis on benthic macroalgae. The first section of this review will focus on DMSP. The second section will focus on its cleavage and the roles of its cleavage or breakdown products DMS, acrylate, and acrylic acid... 

Paul VJ, Van Alstyne KL (1992) Activation of chemical defenses in the tropical marine algae Halimeda spp. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 160 191-203 Reed RH (1983) Measurement and osmotic significance of beta-dimethylsulfoniopiopionate in marine macroalgae. Mar Biol Lett 4 173-181... 

White (22) has shown that DMS is found in numerous marine macroalgae after alkaline treatment (Table II). He also presented data that indicated two pools of DMS precursors in marine algae. He demonstrated that a relatively stable compound released DMS only after alkaline hydrolysis at 100°C for 2 hours, and speculated that this compound may be S-methylmethionine. 

Herbivory in benthic marine systems is intense. For example, on coral reefs, herbivores can remove almost 100% of the biomass produced daily by marine macroalgae, whereas in the most intensely grazed terrestrial systems — African grasslands — herbivores only consume about 66% of the above-ground plant biomass.9-21-102 While terrestrial plants produce subterranean structures such as roots, bulbs, and tubers that are generally inaccessible to most animals, most marine algae do not... 

Rhodophyta, second largest, most primitive group of macroalgae present in more diverse environments, is compared to the other types of marine algae. It produces various types of antibacterial products but the numbers of antibacterial products from these species are low when compared to the brown algae (Ginsburg, 2003 Stegenga et ah, 1997). 

In the field of pharmacology, the biologically active polysaccharides (PSs) that are derived from natural sources have attained a special place for the development of drug lead molecules. Marine macroalgae contain a significant amount of soluble PSs and have potential function as dietary fiber. Specially, brown marine algae are known to produce fimctional PSs such as alginates and fucoidans. Seaweed-derived PSs have been... 

Wijesekara, I., Senevirathne, M., Li, Y.-X., and Kim, S.-K. (2011). Functional ingredients from marine algae as potential antioxidants in the food industry. In "Handbook of Marine Macroalgae Biotechnology and Applied Phycology", (S.-K. Kim, Ed.), pp. 398-402. Elsevier, Academic Press, USA. 

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