''Cystoseira elegans'' is a species of brown algae in the genus ''

Cystoseira ''Cystoseira'' is a genus of brown algae in the order Fucales. Description ''Cystoseira'' is characterized by highly differentiated basal and apical regions and the presence of catenate pneumatocysts (air-vesicles). In ''Cystoseira'' old plants ...

'' endemic to the Mediterranean. Hydroxylated di

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

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

''Cystoseira elegans'' on www.algaebase.org
Fucales Species described in 1912 {{Phaeophyceae-stub