Biosynthesis of the algal pheromone fuco
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Marc Hombeck; Wilhelm Boland
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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French
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The freshwater diatom Asterionellaformosa (Bacillariophyceae) produces octa-l,3E,5Z-triene (6) (fucoserratene), previously identified as the sexual pheromone of the brown seaweed Fucus serratus. Fucoserratene is biosynthesised from eicosa-5,8,11,14,17-pentaenoic acid (7) by oxidative cleavage of the