1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Dynamic aspect of male gamete-attracting activity in marine algae.
Project/Area Number |
07660140
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Bioproduction chemistry/Bioorganic chemistry
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Research Institution | Yamaguchi University |
Principal Investigator |
KAJIWARA Tadahiko Yamaguchi University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (90035121)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATSUI Kenji Yamaguchi University, Faculty of Agriculture, Assistant Professor, 農学部, 助教授 (90199729)
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Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1996
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Keywords | Physiologycally active substance / Attractant / Pheromone / Marine algae / Brown algae / Scytosiphon lomentaria / Horomosirene / Gamete |
Research Abstract |
It had been identified that the male gamete-attracting substances secreted from female gametes of fied-grown Scytosiphon lomentaria was hormosirene. In this investigation, furthermore, with preventing contamination from volatile compounds formed from epiphytes and bacteria, S.lomentaria had been cultured. And it was revealed that the male gamete-attracting substance secreted from gametes of its was hormosirene. Similarly, it was elucidated that female gametes of field-grown and cultural Petalonia fascia, which is classified into same family of Scytosiphonaceae, as S.lomentaria, also secreted hormosiren as the male gamete-attracting substance. (-) (3R,4R) -3-butyl-4-vinylcyclopentene [(-) -1] was synthesized via (+) - (1S,5R) -3-oxabicyclo [3,3,0] oct-6-en-2-one. The synthetic (-) -1 coincided with the peak with later retention time of racemic (<plus-minus>) -1 in a chiral GC (CP-Cyclodex 236M), while the natural 1 in essential oils from the marine brown algae, Dicyopteris prolifera and D.sp.was identical with the earlier retention time peak. Thus, the absolute configuration of the natural product in Dictyopteris oils was determined as (+) - (3S,4S) with ca.100% enantiomeric exce
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Research Products
(8 results)