title: Chemical composition of Corallina mediterranea Areschoug and Corallina granifera Ell. et Soland.
abstract: The composition of sterols, volatiles and some polar compounds from three Corallina samples (C. granifera and C. mediterranea from the Black Sea and C. mediterranea from the Mediterranean Sea) was established. The sterol composition of the Black Sea samples was similar but it differs from that of the Mediterranean sample. The composition of the volatiles was very complex. The main groups of constituent were hydrocarbons, alcohols, carbonyl compounds, acids and their esters, terpenes. The composition of the polar components, soluble in n-butanol, was also established. There were some differences in the chemical composition of the two Black Sea species, which may be due to the biodiversity between them, while the differences in the composition of the two C. mediterranea samples could be due to the differences in the environment (salinity, temperature, pollution, etc.).
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy. sderosa@icmib.na.cnr.i
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: Zornitsa
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kamenarska
authors.forename: Kamen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stefanov
authors.forename: Stefka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dimitrova-Konaklieva
authors.forename: Chavdar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Najdenski
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tzvetkova
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ninova
authors.forename: Simeon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Popov
mesh_terms: D020001:1-Butanol / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004777:Environment; D004952:Esters / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D000461:Rhodophyta / Q000737:chemistry*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013261:Sterols / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D000447:Aldehydes; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D004952:Esters; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D013261:Sterols; D013729:Terpenes; D020001:1-Butanol