PHG402-Quiz Lecture 5

The biological activity of Crustecdysone is

• Chloesterol lowering effect

• Hormone-like insect molting effect

• Blood pressure lowering

• Insecticidal effect

A compound that is used «Tendency to form a fatty liver (hepatoprotective)

• Holothurin A

• Eunicin

• Fucosterol

• Furoventalene

A compound with wide spectrum antibiotic effect

• Fucosterol

•  PGA2α

• rhodocomatulin

• 2,3-dibromophenol

.............................. affects the nervous system & heart, & exerts a rapid anesthetic action on insects

• Nereisotoxin

• Eunicin

• Crassin acetate

• Holothurin A

.................................. act by increasing K+ influx in nerves and cells leading to severe irritation and edema

• Some glycoside toxins from echinoderms

• Halitoxin, from several marine sponges belonging

  to the genus Haliclona

• Dibromophakelline

  From marine fan sponge, Phakellia flagellate

• Polypeptide compounds from jelly fish