brown algae

Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Multifidene, a Sex Pheromone of Brown Algae

Taiki Umezawa, Misaki Hara, Nana Kinoshita-Terauchi & Fuyuhiko Matsuda · Organics · 2022

The total synthesis of multifidene, a sex pheromone found in brown algae, is described. The synthesis features the highly enantioselective and diastereoselective addition reaction of an aldehyde to a nitroolefin in the presence of a Hayashi–Jørgensen catalyst and a Nef reaction i...

Open access Research Article 10.3390/org3030015

Antibacterial Activity of Two Brown Algae (Cystoseira compressa and Padina pavonica) Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Gorkem Dulger & Basaran Dulger · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

Aqueous and ethanolic extracts obtained from two brown algae (Cystoseira compressa (Esper) Gerloff et. Nizamuddin) and Padina pavonica (Linnaeus) Thivy) have been investigated for their ability to inhibit 35 hospital isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2014/10449