Great interest in natural furanoside-containing compounds has challenged the development of preparative methods for their synthesis. Herein a novel reaction in carbohydrate chemistry, namely a pyranoside-into-furanoside (PIF) rearrangement permitting the transformation of selectively O-substituted pyranosides into the corresponding furanosides is reported. The discovered process includes acid-p...

Genetic variation in tolerance for seaweed chemical defenses among populations of marine herbivores is poorly described, either because few marine studies have addressed the issue or because the feeding preferences of populations of marine herbivores rarely differentiate. We address this using the polyphagous amphipod Ampithoe longimana (Crustacea), which commonly consumes, and lives on, terpen...

In the present study, silver nanoparticles (SNPs) were synthesized using broth of red algae Hypnea musciformis as reductant by a simple and eco-friendly route. The synthesized SNPs have been well characterized by using various analytical techniques, Zeta potential, Transmission Electron microscopic (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), FTIR and further confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectrum (XPS)....

In this study, Hypnea valentiae, a red alga is used as sorbent for the removal of chromium from aqueous solutions. The biosorption potential valentiae was investigated in batch experiments. process parameters were optimized using response surface methodology. Based on central composite design, quadratic model developed to correlate variables response. most influential factor each experimental d...