Isolation of new aliphatic sulfates and sulfamate as the Daphnia Kairomones inducing morphological change of a phytoplankton Scenedesmus gutwinskii

Ko Yasumoto; Akinori Nishigami; Hiroaki Aoi; Chise Tsuchihashi; Fumie Kasai; Takenori Kusumi; Takashi Ooi

doi:10.1248/cpb.56.133

Isolation of new aliphatic sulfates and sulfamate as the Daphnia Kairomones inducing morphological change of a phytoplankton Scenedesmus gutwinskii

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2008 Jan;56(1):133-6. doi: 10.1248/cpb.56.133.

Authors

Ko Yasumoto¹, Akinori Nishigami, Hiroaki Aoi, Chise Tsuchihashi, Fumie Kasai, Takenori Kusumi, Takashi Ooi

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.

PMID: 18175994
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.56.133

Abstract

New aliphatic sulfates and sulfamates were isolated from Daphnia pulex as the Daphnia kairomones that induced morphological defense of a freshwater phytoplankton Scenedesmus gutwinskii var. heterospina (NIES-802). Their structures were determined by spectroscopic and synthetic studies.

MeSH terms

Animals
Daphnia / chemistry*
Fresh Water
Molecular Structure
Pheromones / chemistry
Pheromones / isolation & purification*
Pheromones / pharmacology*
Phytoplankton / drug effects*
Scenedesmus / drug effects*
Sulfonic Acids / chemistry
Sulfonic Acids / isolation & purification*
Sulfonic Acids / pharmacology*
Sulfuric Acid Esters / chemistry
Sulfuric Acid Esters / isolation & purification*
Sulfuric Acid Esters / pharmacology*

Substances

Pheromones
Sulfonic Acids
Sulfuric Acid Esters
sulfamic acid