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PT J
TI Chemical induction of larval metamorphosis of Pecten maximus with a note on the nature of naturally occurring triggering substances
BT 
AF CHEVOLOT, Lionel
   COCHARD, Jean-Claude
   YVIN, Jean-Claude
AS 1:1;2:2;3:2;
FF 1:;2:;3:;
C1 UNIV BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE, CNRS, URA 322, F-29287 BREST, FRANCE.
   IFREMER, CTR BREST, F-29263 PLOUZANE, FRANCE.
C2 UBO, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
IF 1.928
TC 45
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00182/29348/28137.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Delayed metamorphosis usually occurs when scallop Pecten maximus (L.) larvae are reared in still water. Metamorphosis rates may be increased by adding aqueous extracts of certain marine red algae, including one [Delesseria sanguinea (Linne) Lamouroux (Delesseriaceae, Rhodomelaceae)] from which various chemical inducers have been isolated. Of these, jacaranone (a simple quinol) is by far the most active component; other components (p-OH phenylacetic acid methyl ester, p-OH benzaldehyde, p-OH benzyl alcohol) are only weak inducers. All are catabolic derivatives of tyrosine. Homogentisic acid (biosynthetically related to jacaranone) and some catecholamines (L-DOPA, epinephrine) can also induce metamorphosis of P. maximus larvae. All these compounds can be transformed into quinones by oxidation. This result, together with literature data, strongly suggests that the true inducer(s) present in the environment might possess a quinone or quinone-like structure, as is the case for jacaranone.
PY 1991
PD JUN
SO Marine Ecology Progress Series
SN 0171-8630
PU Inter-research
VL 74
IS 1
UT A1991FY63900007
BP 83
EP 89
DI 10.3354/meps074083
ID 29348
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