Portieria hornemannii

Portieria hornemannii
Portieria hornemannii
Scientific classification
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Gigartinales
Family:	Rhizophyllidaceae
Genus:	Portieria
Species:	P. hornemannii
Binomial name
Portieria hornemannii (Lyngbye) P.C.Silva
Synonyms
Desmia hornemanniiLyngbye, 1819

Portieria hornemannii is a species of red algae in the family Rhizophyllidaceae. The chemical halomon was discovered in this species. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Fuller, Richard W.; Cardellina, John H., II; Kato, Yoko; Brinen, Linda S.; Clardy, Jon; Snader, Kenneth M.; Boyd, Michael R. (1992). "A pentahalogenated monoterpene from the red alga Portieria hornemannii produces a novel cytotoxicity profile against a diverse panel of human tumor cell lines". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry . 35 (16): 3007–3011. doi:10.1021/jm00094a012. PMID   1501227.
2. Fuller, Richard W.; Cardellina, John H., II; Jurek, Jaroslaw; Scheuer, Paul J.; Alvarado-Lindner, Belinda; McGuire, Mary; Gray, Glenn N.; Steiner, Jorge Rios; Clardy, Jon; et al. (1994). "Isolation and structure/activity features of halomon-related antitumor monoterpenes from the red alga Portieria hornemannii". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry . 37 (25): 4407–4411. doi:10.1021/jm00051a019. PMID   7996553.

External links

• Portieria hornemannii at AlgaeBase