Polyunsaturated aldehyde

Polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUAs) are a group of allelopathic chemicals typically associated with diatom-copepod predator-prey interactions.[1] These compounds are classified by an aldehyde group covalently bound to long carbon chains containing two or more carbon-carbon double bonds. Examples include isomers of heptadienal, octadienal, octatrienal, and decatrienal.[2]

  1. ^ Miller, Charles B. Biological Oceanography. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2004. Print.
  2. ^ Solomons, T. W. Graham., and Craig B. Fryhle (2008). Organic Chemistry. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)