Chemical and Biological Investigation of the Antarctic Red Alga Delisea pulchra

• Main Author: Nandiraju, Santhisree
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2004
• Subjects: furanones; Pulchralide; dimer; secondary metabolites; antifouling; American Studies; Arts and Humanities; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/1176; https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/etd/article/2175/viewcontent/SFE0000620.pdf

Our interest in the red alga Delisea pulchra (=D.fimbriata) (Greville) Montagne 1844 (Rhodophyceae, Bonnemaisoniales, Bonnemaisoniaceace) was stimulated by its activity in the biosssays done at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Halogenated compounds from D. pulchra interfere with Gram-negative bacterial signal...