Synthesis of glycolipids inspired by Fucus distichus and natural product isolation and characterization of Euphorbia lancifolia

• Main Author: Jewell, Linda Elizabeth
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2009
• Subjects: Chemistry; Organic; Ungava Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28370; https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-19226

The ethanolic extracts of Fucus distichus, a freshwater brown algae harvested from Ungava Bay in northern Quebec, have demonstrated antiviral and antibiotic activity. The major component and potential active molecule from this seaweed was identified as a glycolipid consisting of beta- D-galactose li...