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Nonhalogenated organic molecules from Laurencia algae

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The marine red algae of the genus Laurencia have produced more 700 secondary metabolites and exhibited high molecular diversity and intriguing bioactivity. Since the halogenated structures have been comprehensively reviewed previously, this review, covering up to the end of 2012, mainly focuses on the source, structure elucidation, and bioactivity of nonhalogenated organic molecules from Laurencia spp. as well as the relationship between nonhalogenated and halogenated products. Overall, 173 new or new naturally occurring compounds with 58 skeletons, mainly including sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, triterpenes, and C15-acetogenins, are described.

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The preparation of this review was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundations of China (41106136 and 30530080) and of Shandong Province (ZR2009BQ021), by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2007AA09Z403), and by the Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province (2006GG2205023). We acknowledge all authors cited in the references for their valuable contributions and apologize in advance to any group that feels their work was not included in this review.

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Ji, NY., Wang, BG. Nonhalogenated organic molecules from Laurencia algae. Phytochem Rev 13, 653–670 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-013-9326-0

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