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. 2017 Aug 28;15(9):265. doi: 10.3390/md15090265

Table 2.

Antifouling compounds from brown macroalgae (Phaeophyta).

Algae Type of Activity Compound Reference 1
Native and invasive Sargassum spp. Anti-QS Anti-larval Anti-diatom Non-polar extracts 2 [33]
Sargassum spp. Anti-algal Phlorotannin [29]
Sargassum muticum Anti-diatom Ethanol and Dichlormethane extracts 2 [34]
S. muticum Anti-bacterial Galactoglycerolipids [30]
S. thunbergii Anti-larval Stigmasta-5,22-E-,28-triene-3β,24α-diol [31]
S. horneri Anti-bacterial Anti-larval Anti-diatom Chromanols [32]
S. vulgare Padina sp. Anti-QS Anti-bacterial Polar and non-polar extracts 2 [35]
S. furcatum Dyctiota sp. Anti-QS Anti-bacterial Polar and non-polar extracts 2 [21]
Taonia atomaria Anti-bacterial Sesquiterpenoids [36]
Taonia atomaria Anti-bacterial Anti-larval Sesquiterpenoid (−)-gleenol sn-3-O-(geranylgeranyl)glycerol [37]
Padina tetrastromatica Anti-bacterial Anti-diatom Anti-mussel Methanol extracts (fatty acids) 2 [38]
Cystoseira tamariscifolia Anti-bacterial Anti-fungal, Anti-larval, Anti-algal Cystophloroketals A-E monocyclic meroditerpenoid [39]
Halidrys siliquosa Anti-bacterial Methanolic extracts 2 [40]
Dyctiota spp. Anti-bacterial Diterpenes 1-Ο-octadecenoylglycerol sn-3-Ο-(geranylgeranyl)glycerol [41]
Dyctiota sp. Anti-bacterial Anti-algal Extract 2 [42]
Bifurcaria bifurcata Anti-bacterial Anti-fouling Acyclic linear diterpenoids [43]
Fucus vesiculosus Anti-bacterial Surface extracts 2 [25]
F.vesiculosus Anti-bacterial Surface extracts 2 [26]
F.vesiculosus Anti-bacterial Dimethylsulphopropionate Proline [28]
Laurencia johnstonii Anti-bacterial Organic extract 2 [20]

1 The data are from research published from January 2010 to February 2017. 2 The structure is unknown. QS: quorum sensing.