Taxonomic significance and ecological role of triterpene glycosides from holothurians


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Abstract

The results of chemotaxonomic research on triterpene glycosides of holothurians (Holothurioidea, Echinodermata) and studies on the ecological role of these glycosides as protective substances and trophic markers are reviewed with a focus on research performed in 2011–2015.

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V. I. Kalinin

Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Branch

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Email: kalininv@piboc.dvo.ru
Russian Federation, pr. 100 let Vladivostoku 159, Vladivostok, 690022

A. S. Silchenko

Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Branch

Email: kalininv@piboc.dvo.ru
Russian Federation, pr. 100 let Vladivostoku 159, Vladivostok, 690022

S. A. Avilov

Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Branch

Email: kalininv@piboc.dvo.ru
Russian Federation, pr. 100 let Vladivostoku 159, Vladivostok, 690022

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