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A biologically active diphenyl ether from the green alga Cladophora fascicularis

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A new polybrominated diphenyl ether (1) has been isolated from the green algaCladaphora fascicularis, and the structure was determined by spectral analysis and conversion to known compounds. It showed antibacterial and antiinflammatory activities.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, College of General Education, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, 903-01, Okinawa, Japan

    M. Kuniyoshi, K. Yamada & T. Higa

  2. Department of Marine Sciences, College of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, 903-01, Okinawa, Japan

    M. Kuniyoshi, K. Yamada & T. Higa

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We wish to thank Dr. Carsten Christophersen, a grant recipient of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellowship for foreign scholars and on leave from the University of Copenhagen, for reading the manuscript and for helpful suggestion. We also acknowledge Dr. Iwao Mori, College of General Education of this university for his understanding and encouragement in many ways.

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Kuniyoshi, M., Yamada, K. & Higa, T. A biologically active diphenyl ether from the green alga Cladophora fascicularis. Experientia 41, 523–524 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01966182

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