title: The oxylipin chemistry of attraction and defense in brown algae and diatoms.
abstract: This review covers the research on brown algal pheromones from the first structural characterisation of an active principle in 1971 to the recent detailed insight into their biosynthesis. Development of analytical methods and bioassays that lead to the identification of a structural variety of different fatty acid-derived pheromones are reported. Special emphasis is focused on the inactivation of initially released pheromones through pericyclic reactions. The impact of pheromone-research on the defensive chemistry of brown algae and diatoms is discussed. 121 references are cited.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pohnert
authors.forename: Wilhelm
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boland
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D017377:Diatoms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism*; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D000459:Phaeophyceae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D010675:Pheromones; D008084:Lipoxygenase