title: Dorid nudibranch elaborates its own chemical defense.
abstract: A biosynthetic experiment with mevalonic acid labeled with carbon-14 showed that the nudibranch Dendrodoris limbata elaborates polygodial, a sesquiterpenoid dialdehyde stored in the mantle, which constitutes its chemical defense against predators. Previously described nudibranchs drew defensive chemicals from their preys.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cimino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DE Rosa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DE Stefano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sodano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Villani