Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
Photoprotective compounds in cyanobacteria, phytoplankton and macroalgae — a database
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Abbreviations
- AS
asterina-330
- MAAs
mycosporine-like amino acids
- MG
mycosporine-glycine
- PE
palythene
- PL
palythinol
- PR
porphyra-334
- PT
palythine
- SH
shinorine
- ST
scytonemin
- UC
unknown compounds
- UV
ultraviolet
Country abbreviations
- A
Austria
- AUS
Australia
- BR
Brazil
- C
Chile
- CH
Switzerland
- CND
Canada
- CZ
Czech Republic
- D
Germany
- DK
Denmark
- E
Spain
- EYT
Egypt
- F
France
- GUA
Guatemala
- I
Italy
- IL
Israel
- IND
India
- INS
Indonesia
- J
Japan
- M
Mexico
- N
Norway
- NL
Netherlands
- NZ
New Zealand
- P
Portugal
- PAN
Panama
- PRC
People’s Republic of China
- RA
Argentina
- SA
South Africa
- SE
Sweden
- UK
United Kingdom
- USA
United States of America
- V
Venezuela
Note added in proof
Recently Jeffrey et al. [55] have reported the occurrence of UV-A and UV-B-absorbing compounds in 152 species (206 strains) of marine microalgae.
Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported, in part, by the European Union (DGXII, Environmental programme, ENV4-CT97-0580). Thanks are due to all contributors. We thank M. Schuster for excellent technical assistance.
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