Ecklonia kurome (Japanese: 黑布 (kurome), Chinese: 鹅掌菜) is a brown alga species in the genus Ecklonia found in the Sea of Japan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Laminariales |
| Family: | Lessoniaceae |
| Genus: | Ecklonia |
| Species: | E. kurome
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| Ecklonia kurome Okamura, 1927
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Ecklonia kurome f. contorta Okamura 1936
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The phlorotannins eckol,[1] phlorofucofuroeckol A[2] and 8,8'-bieckol[3] can be found in Ecklonia kurome.
An oligosaccharide extract from Ecklonia kurome called GV-971 is approved in China for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, but the evidence is highly dubious.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Fukuyama, Y; Kodama, M; Miura, I; Kinzyo, Z; Kido, M; Mori, H; Nakayama, Y; Takahashi, M (1989). "Structure of an anti-plasmin inhibitor, eckol, isolated from the brown alga Ecklonia kurome Okamura and inhibitory activities of its derivatives on plasma plasmin inhibitors". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 37 (2): 349–53. doi:10.1248/cpb.37.349. PMID 2525966.
- ^ Fukuyama, Y; Kodama, M; Miura, I; Kinzyo, Z; Mori, H; Nakayama, Y; Takahashi, M (1990). "Anti-plasmin inhibitor. VI. Structure of phlorofucofuroeckol A, a novel phlorotannin with both dibenzo-1,4-dioxin and dibenzofuran elements, from Ecklonia kurome Okamura". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 38 (1): 133–5. doi:10.1248/cpb.38.133. PMID 2337936.
- ^ Fukuyama, Y; Kodama, M; Miura, I; Kinzyo, Z; Mori, H; Nakayama, Y; Takahashi, M (1989). "Anti-plasmin inhibitor. V. Structures of novel dimeric eckols isolated from the brown alga Ecklonia kurome OKAMURA". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 37 (9): 2438–40. doi:10.1248/cpb.37.2438. PMID 2605688.
- ^ "Therapeutics: GV-971". Alzforum.
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