... by marine diatoms negatively impact the reproductive success of their principal predators, the copepods. Several oxylipins,products of the enzymatic oxidation of fatty acids, are produced when these unicellular algae are damaged, as occurs during grazing. In the past, the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum...

... candidate as inert carriers to study the nutrient requirements or biological activity of different compounds. In particular,such liposomes are proposed as carriers for diatom-derived polyunsaturated aldehydes, which are known to impair copepod embryo viability. Other potential applications of liposomes...

...Sven Adolph; Stéphane Bach; Marc Blondel; Anne Cueff; Marjolaine Moreau; Georg Pohnert; Serge André Poulet; Thomas Wichard; Alga Zuccaro SUMMARY The cytotoxicity of several saturated and unsaturated marine diatom-derived aldehydes and an oxo-acid have been screened in vitro and in vivo against...

...Giovanna Romano; Gian Luigi Russo; Isabella Buttino; Adrianna Ianora; Antonio Miralto SUMMARY The diatom-derived aldehyde 2- trans -4- trans -decadienal(DD) was tested as an apoptogenic inducer in both copepod and sea urchin embryos, using terminal-deoxynucleotidyl-transferase-mediated dUTP nick...