''Gongolaria elegans'' (syn. ''Cystoseira elegans'') is a species of brown algae in the family ''

Sargassaceae Sargassaceae is a family of brown algae in the order Fucales The Fucales (fucoids) are an order in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). The list of families in the Fucales, as well as additional taxonomic information on algae, is publicly a ...

'' endemic to the Mediterranean. Hydroxylated di

terpenoid The terpenoids, also known as isoprenoids, are a class of naturally occurring organic compound, organic chemicals derived from the 5-carbon compound isoprene and its derivatives called terpenes, diterpenes, etc. While sometimes used interchangeabl ...

hydroquinone Hydroquinone, also known as benzene-1,4-diol or quinol, is an aromatic organic compound that is a type of phenol, a derivative of benzene, having the chemical formula C6H4(OH)2. It has two hydroxyl groups bonded to a benzene ring in a ''para' ...

s can be isolated from ''C. elegans''.Hydroxylated diterpenoid-hydroquinones from cystoseira elegans: significant products or artifacts ? B. Banaigs, C. Francisco, E. Gonzalez, L. Comodier and William Fenical, Tetrahedron Letters, Volume 23, Issue 32, 1982, pages 3271-3272,

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External links

''Gongolaria elegans'' on www.algaebase.org
Fucales Protists described in 1912 Brown algae species {{Phaeophyceae-stub