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SUBMITTER: Orfanoudaki M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7024213 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marine drugs 20191231 1
Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are water-soluble metabolites, reported to exhibit strong UV-absorbing properties. They have been found in a wide range of marine organisms, especially those that are exposed to extreme levels of sunlight, to protect them against solar radiation. In the present study, the absolute configuration of 14 mycosporine-like-amino acids was determined by combining the results of electronic circular dichroism (ECD) experiments and that of advanced Marfey's method using ...[more]