Chemoecological studies on marine natural products: terpene chemistry from marine mollusks

• Main Authors: I Wayan Mudianta, Andrew M. White, Suciati, Peter L. Katavic, Rahul R. Krishnaraj, Anne E. Winters, Ernesto Mollo, Karen L. Cheney, Mary J. Garson
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: alter de Gruyter GmbH 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine; RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/93612/2/C-10%20Artikel.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/93612/3/C-10%20Reviewer.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/93612/1/C-10%20Result.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/93612/; https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43349307.pdf
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Some species of nudibranchs (Mollusca) protect themselves from predatory attacks by storing defensive terpene chemicals acquired from dietary sponges (Porifera) in specialized body parts called MDFs (mantle dermal formations), often advertising their unpalatability to potential predators by means of...