Debitus Cécile, Kornprobst J.M. (2014). Pigments of living fossils crinoids. In :
La Barre S. (ed.), Kornprobst J.M. (ed.). Outstanding marine molecules : chemistry, biology, analysis. Weinheim : Wiley, p. 163-170. ISBN 978-3-527-33465-0.
Titre du document
Pigments of living fossils crinoids
Année de publication
2014
Type de document
Partie d'ouvrage
Auteurs
Debitus Cécile, Kornprobst J.M.
In
La Barre S. (ed.), Kornprobst J.M. (ed.) Outstanding marine molecules : chemistry, biology, analysis
Source
Weinheim : Wiley, 2014,
p. 163-170 ISBN 978-3-527-33465-0
Stalked crinoids were, for a long time, known as fossils found in different quarries, and also from ocean depths since the great expeditions of the eighteenth century. The chemical analyses of fossils and also of living organisms led to the discovery of new bioactive pigments, and also confirmed that the core structures of these pigments had been preserved during the fossilization process. The existence of these quinoid pigments also leads to several interesting questions related to their stereochemistry and the photoactivation of their bioactivity.
