1999/01/01 by Gordon W. Gribble · 5 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Marine Sponges and Natural Products #Vanadium and Halogenation Chemistry #Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
paper · doi:10.1039/a900201d
openalex publication_date 1999/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Of the nearly 3200 known naturally occurring organohalogen compounds, more than 1600 contain bromine. These organobromines, which range in structural intricacy from the simple but enormously abundant bromoform (CHBr3) and bromomethane to the highly complex bryozoan bromine-containing indole alkaloids, are produced by marine and terrestrial plants, marine animals (sponges, tunicates, bryozoans, gorgonians, sea hares, nudibranchs), bacteria, fungi, some higher animals, and a few mammals including humans.