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Abstract
An acidic algal substance has been isolated and characterized as the sodium salt. Synthetic sodium acrylate possesses chemical and antibacterial properties identical with those of the natural product. This observation identifies the algal substance in the stomach contents of euphausids, the diet of pygoscelid penguins, which inhibits the penguin gastrointestinal microflora.Entities:
Keywords: ALGAE/chemistry; ANTIBIOTICS
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Year: 1960 PMID: 14446452 DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3428.676
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728