Portieria hornemannii
Encyclopedia
Portieria hornemannii is a species of red algae in the family Rhizophyllidaceae. The chemical halomon
was discovered in this species.
Halomon
Halomon is a polyhalogenated monoterpene first isolated from the marine red algae Portieria hornemannii. Halomon has attracted research interest because of its promising profile of selective cytotoxicity that suggests its potential use as an antitumor agent.Halomon is in a class of chemical...
was discovered in this species.
External links
- Portieria hornemannii at AlgaeBaseAlgaeBaseAlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, as well as one group of flowering plants, the sea-grasses.AlgaeBase evolved from Michael Guiry's seaweed website, and has grown into a database of algae from throughout the world, and in freshwater, terrestrial, and...