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SUBMITTER: Orfanoudaki M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6627687 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Orfanoudaki Maria M Hartmann Anja A Miladinovic Helena H Nguyen Ngoc Hieu H Karsten Ulf U Ganzera Markus M
Marine drugs 20190614 6
Various red algae have repeatedly been reported to produce a variety of UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), compounds that are well-known as natural sun-screens, as well as a plethora of betaines, metabolites which contribute to the osmotic balance under salt stress. Among other Rhodophyta, <i>Bostrychia scorpioides</i>, which is thriving as epiphyte on salt marsh plants in Europe and hence experiences extreme environmental conditions such as desiccation, UV-stress and osmotic stre ...[more]