| Title | De Novo terpenoid biosynthesis by the dendronotid nudibranch Melibe leonina |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Barsby, T, Linington, RG, Andersen, RJ |
| Journal | Chemoecology |
| Volume | 12 |
| Pagination | 199-202 |
| Type of Article | Article |
| ISBN Number | 0937-7409 |
| Keywords | biosynthesis, CADLINA-LUTEOMARGINATA, chemical, CHEMICAL DEFENSE, defense nudibranch, DORID-NUDIBRANCHS, ECOLOGY, ISOTOPE INCORPORATION EVIDENCE, OPISTHOBRANCH MOLLUSK, ORIGIN, terpenoid, TRIOPHAMINE |
| 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. |
| URL | <Go to ISI>://000180389600006 |
