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Pheromones of Marine Brown Algae; A New Branch of the Eicosanoid Metabolism
Author(s) -
Stratmann Klemens,
Boland Wilhelm,
Müller Dieter G.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199212461
Subject(s) - brown algae , algae , polyunsaturated fatty acid , eicosanoid , metabolism , sex pheromone , biosynthesis , biology , oxylipin , botany , biochemistry , chemistry , fatty acid , arachidonic acid , enzyme
The pool of polyunsaturated eicosanoids is used by female gametes of marine brown algae in the biosynthesis of their pheromones ectocarpene ( A ) and dictyotene ( B ). Higher plants synthesize these compounds from multiply unsatu‐rated C 12 fatty acids.