Publication Date:
1979-11-30
Description:
Fluorine constitutes about 10 percent of the dry weight of the marine sponge Halichondria moorei. The fluorine occurs as potassium fluorosilicate, which is a potent anti-inflammatory agent. A closely related sponge living in the same habitat does not contain any fluorine. The habitat was found to be free of fluorine except for the small amount naturally present in seawater.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gregson, R P -- Baldo, B A -- Thomas, P G -- Quinn, R J -- Bergquist, P R -- Stephens, J F -- Horne, A R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Nov 30;206(4422):1108-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17787487" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics