Biofouling attractants from a brown marine alga Ecklonia cava.
J Environ Biol
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2007 Apr; 28(2): 173-6
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-113656
ABSTRACT
In recent years, industrial pollutants and the mountain forest fire ashes released into seawater cause damage to the marine environment, mainly it reduces the algal productivity in the inter tidal region. To get recover from the stress due to pollutants and to increase the growth and development of biofouling algae (benthic organisms), Ecklonia cava extract was investigated for its biofouling attracting efficiency. Bioactive guided fractions of E. cava extract derived from column chromatography were tested against spore attachment of a fouling alga, Ulva pertusa. Fraction B showed increased spore attachment rate with a maximum of 92 +/- 5%. This fraction was further analysed on HPLC, GC-Mass and NMR, deduced as pentadecanoic acid.
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Main subject:
Spores
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Biological Products
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Ulva
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Methanol
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Phaeophyceae
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Fatty Acids
Language:
English
Journal:
J Environ Biol
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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