OCCURRENCE OF FREE D-ALANINE IN MARINE MACROALGAE

Authors
NAGAHISA E KANNO N SATO M SATO Y
Citation
E. Nagahisa et al., OCCURRENCE OF FREE D-ALANINE IN MARINE MACROALGAE, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 59(11), 1995, pp. 2176-2177
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
59
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2176 - 2177
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1995)59:11<2176:OOFDIM>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Occurrence of free D-alanine was verified in various marine macroalgae by reversed-phase HPLC analysis, The presence of free D-alanine was d etected in 15 species (63%) out of the 23 species of algae examined. T he free D-alanine content was high in Hizikia fusiformis, Heterochorda ria abietina, and Sargassum nigrifolium of Phaeophyta (96, 83, and 78 nmol/g wet weight, respectively), The D-alanine contents in various pa rts of H. fusiformis were measured and found to be highest in the blad e followed by the main branch, and was lowest in the adhesive root.