The Chemical Ecology and Drug Discovery Potential of the Antarctic Red Alga Plocamium cartilagineum and the Antarctic Sponge Dendrilla membranosa

• Main Author: Shilling, Andrew Jason
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ University of South Florida 2019
• Subjects: anverenes; dendrillins; membranoids; metabolomics; natural products; Chemistry; Antarctic; Anvers; Anvers Island; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/8684; https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/context/etd/article/9881/viewcontent/Shilling_usf_0206D_15759.pdf

Chemical ecology is the study of chemical interactions between organisms and their environment mediated by small molecules involved in nonessential physiological functions, known as secondary metabolites. These compounds can be crucial to survival of the organism, and have also provided the field of...