Una función antioxidante para DMSP y DMS en las algas marinas.

W Sunda1, D J Kieber, R P Kiene

  • 1Beaufort Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, USA. bill.sunda@noaa.gov

Nature
|July 19, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

El dimetilsulfoniopropionato (DMSP) y su producto de descomposición, el dimetilsulfuro (DMS), actúan como antioxidantes en las algas. Los factores estresantes ambientales aumentan la DMSP y la DMS, influyendo potencialmente en el clima a través de circuitos de retroalimentación océano-atmósfera.

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