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WHDL - 00015963

Variation in Chemical Production among Cryptic Species of the Soft Coral Sarcophyton glaucum

Sydney Davis

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Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)

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English

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Point Loma Nazarene University

Description / Abstract

Marine organisms commonly produce an abundance of natural products, some of which have been found to have important medicinal, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical applications. Sarcophyton glaucum is a species of soft coral known to produce a large number of natural products varying in type and amount. S. glaucum was recently determined to be a cryptic species complex of seven distinct clades, such that the large variety in the natural products might possibly be explained by these new subdivisions. In this study, we used liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry to convert the chemical inventory of various S. glaucum specimens into a molecular network. The results revealed the overall diversity of the Sarcophyton natural products, as well as a pattern of division in some of the chemical production between different species and clades. This technique can be further used to better evaluate its diversity and discover new natural products.

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Publish Year: 2018

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Keywordssoft coral, cryptic species, natural products, molecular network

Degree AwardedB.S. in Biochemistry

Awarding InstitutionPoint Loma Nazarene University

Committee MembersKatherine Maloney, Ryan Botts, Greg Crow

Periodical TitleArete: The PLNU Honors Journal

Peer Reviewed?No

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