Biosynthesis of the algal pheromone hormosirene by the fresh-water diatom 
Gomphonema parvulum (Bacillariophyceae)

Pohnert, Georg; Boland, Wilhelm

doi:10.1016/0040-4020(96)00548-0

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Biosynthesis of the algal pheromone hormosirene by the fresh-water diatom Gomphonema parvulum (Bacillariophyceae)

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Pohnert, Georg
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. W. Boland, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Boland, Wilhelm
Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. W. Boland, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Pohnert, G., & Boland, W. (1996). Biosynthesis of the algal pheromone hormosirene by the fresh-water diatom Gomphonema parvulum (Bacillariophyceae). Tetrahedron, 52(30), 10073-10082. doi:10.1016/0040-4020(96)00548-0.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0012-A2CC-9

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The fresh water diatom Gomphonema parvulum (Bacillariophyceae) produces the algal pheromones hormosirene 2 (C11H16) and dictyopterene A 16 (C11H18) from highly unsaturated eicosanoic acids like 20:5 (omega-3) 21 and 20:4 (omega-6) 14. The oxidative degr