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

Table 3.

Antifouling compounds from red macroalgae (Rhodophyta).

Algae Type of Activity Compound Reference 1
Crustose coralline algae Anti-algal Methanol extract 2 [48]
Galdieria sulphuraria Antifouling Floridoside [49]
Laurencia translucida Anti-bacterial Fatty acid derivates [44]
Laurencia obtusa Anti-larval 2,10-dibromo-3-chloro-7-chamigrene 12-hydroxyisolaurene [45]
Asparagopsis taxiformis Anti-bacterial
Anti-QS
Methanol extract 2-dodecanoyloxyethanesulfonate [50]
A. taxiformis Anti-bacterial
Anti-algal
Extract 2 [51]
Ceramium botryocarpum Anti-diatom Ethanol and Dichlormethane extracts 2 [34]
Chondrus crispus Anti-algal
Anti-bacterial
Crude extracts 2 [52]
Pterocladiella capillacea
Spyridia aculeata
Anti-QS
Anti-bacterial
Polar and non-polar extracts 2 [35]
P. capillacea Peyssonnelia capensis Spyridia spp. Anti-QS Anti-bacterial Polar and non-polar extracts 2 [21]
Laurencia sp. Antifouling Omaezallene [46]
Laurencia translucida Antifouling Fatty acid [44]
Laurencia viridis Anti-diatom Dehydrothyrsiferol [47]
L. viridis Anti-diatom Saiyacenols B [47]
L. viridis Anti-diatom Saiyacenols C [47]
L. viridis Anti-algal 28-hydroxysaiyacenols B and A [47]

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