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|Section2= |Section3= }} Ectocarpene is a sexual attractant, or pheromone, found with several species of brown algae (Phaeophyceae). The substance has a fruity scent and can be sensed by humans when millions of algae gametes swarm the seawater and the females start emitting the substance to attract the male gametes. Ectocarpene was the first isolated algal pheromone. It was isolated from algae ''Ectocarpus'' (order ''Ectocarpales'') by Müller and col. in 1971. More recent studies have shown that a pre-ectocarpene compound may be responsible for actual attraction of the male gametes. All the double bonds are ''cis'' and the absolute configuration of the stereocenter is (''R'').〔SciFinder Scholar, version 2004.2; Chemical Abstracts Service: Columbus, OH, 2004; RN 133876-92-3〕 ==See also== * Dictyopterene 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ectocarpene」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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