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De Novo terpenoid biosynthesis by the dendronotid nudibranch Melibe leonina

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Stable isotope feeding studies using [1,2-13C2]-sodium acetate have demonstrated that 2,6-dimethyl-5-heptenal (1), a putative defensive allomone, is made by the Dendronotid nudibranch Melibe leonina via de novo biosynthesis.

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  1. Departments of Chemistry and Oceanography-Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada, , , , , , CA

    Todd Barsby, Roger G. Linington & Raymond J. Andersen

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Received 13 May 2000; accepted 21 June 2002

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Barsby, T., Linington, R. & Andersen, R. De Novo terpenoid biosynthesis by the dendronotid nudibranch Melibe leonina . Chemoecology 12, 199–202 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00012669

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