Pteroenone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pteroenone is a noun meaning (chemistry, biology) A hydroxyketone synthesized by Clione species as a defense against being eaten.
Meaning
(chemistry, biology) A hydroxyketone synthesized by Clione species as a defense against being eaten.
Example Sentences
... provided a polypropionate-derived natural product, pteroenone (Figure 3.7), with strong feeding deterrence against fish predators […] Structure of pteroenone from the pteropod Clione limacina. (Yoshida et al.
In a bioassay-guided structure elucidation, pteroenone could be isolated and characterized as the main defensive principle of C. antarctica [82,83]. If embedded in alginate, this compound is a feeding-deterrent[…]
A B - hydroxy ketone ("pteroenone") with the formula CH40, has been reported to be the chemical defense compound (McClintock and Baker, 1998). Pteroenone causes a significant feeding deterrence in the Antarctic fishes[…]
Employing flash and high-pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) techniques, pteroenone (Figure 5.2), a linear β-hydroxyketone and the first example of a defensive secondary metabolite from a pelagic gastropod, was isolated from tissues[…]
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