@article {338, title = {De Novo terpenoid biosynthesis by the dendronotid nudibranch Melibe leonina}, journal = {Chemoecology}, volume = {12}, number = {4}, year = {2002}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 635GATimes Cited: 6Cited Reference Count: 23}, pages = {199-202}, type = {Article}, abstract = {Stable isotope feeding studies using [1,2-C-13(2)]-sodium acetate have demonstrated that 2,6-dimetbyl-5-heptenal (1), a putative defensive allomone, is made by the Dendronotid nudibranch Melibe leonina via de novo biosynthesis.}, keywords = {biosynthesis, CADLINA-LUTEOMARGINATA, chemical, CHEMICAL DEFENSE, defense nudibranch, DORID-NUDIBRANCHS, ECOLOGY, ISOTOPE INCORPORATION EVIDENCE, OPISTHOBRANCH MOLLUSK, ORIGIN, terpenoid, TRIOPHAMINE}, isbn = {0937-7409}, url = {://000180389600006}, author = {Barsby, T. and Linington, R. G. and Andersen, R. J.} }