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Algal phagostimulants for marine herbivorous gastropods

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Methanol extracts of the green algaUlva pertusa contain four kinds of glycerolipids that are active as feeding-stimulants for marine herbivorous gastropods. These compounds are digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), 1,2-diacylglycerly-4′-O-(N,N,N-trimethyl)-homoserine (DGTH), 1-monoacylglyceryl-4'-O-(N,N,N-trimethyl)-homoserine (MGTH), and 6-sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG). The various gastropods exhibit marked specificity, however, as young abaloneHaliotis discus respond to DGDG and DGTH at minute dosages of 20–30 μg/sample zone, but do not respond to 300 μg of SQDG, which is a phagostimulant for two other kinds of gastropods,Turbo comutus andOmphalius pfeifferi.

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  1. Research Laboratory of Marine Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Mochimune, 422-01, Shizuoka, Japan

    K. Sakata

  2. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, 422, Shizuoka, Japan

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Chemical Studies on Phagostimulants for Marine Gastropods. Part VI. For Part V, see Sakata et al. (1986b).

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Sakata, K., Sakura, T. & Ina, K. Algal phagostimulants for marine herbivorous gastropods. J Chem Ecol 14, 1405–1416 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01020144

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