Search for substances that promote attachment of marine sessile organisms using the blue mus sel, Mytilus edulis galloprovincialis, is not only important in aquaculture, but also provides informa tion on the modes of action of repellents, Curcumin, BHT, and their derivatives were found to be at tachment promoting for M. edulis galloprovincialis. Metal chelates were active. Compounds capable of forming chelated structure may be active because of the presence of free metals in sea water. Some of these active compounds also showed antioxidant activity.
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