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Chloroform-methanol (2:1) extracts of the marine brown algaSargassum wightii (Grev.) J. Ag. yielded a compound with antibacterial activity. The compound, purified by silica gel column and preparative thin layer chromatography, was determined as dioctyl phthalate from spectroscopic data.
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Sastry, V.M.V.S., Rao, G.R.K. Dioctyl phthalate, and antibacterial compound from the marine brown alga —Sargassum wightii . J Appl Phycol 7, 185–186 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00693066
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