Chemical ecological insights into metabolites of the New Zealand marine sponge, Cliona celata

• Main Author: Webb, Nicola G.
• Other Authors: Prinsep, Michèle R., Battershill, Chris
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waikato 2015
• Subjects: chemical ecology; Cliona celata; metabolites; New Zealand; White Island; Bay of Plenty
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9818

Marine sponges are known to produce secondary metabolites that have roles including chemical defence against cellular challenge. An investigation into Cliona celata around the Bay of Plenty (New Zealand) was conducted in response to discovery of unusual metabolites that had the potential to be biolo...