Biologically active compounds from bryophytes

✍ Scribed by Asakawa, Yoshinori

• Book ID: 120486828
• Publisher: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 432 KB
• Volume: 79
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-4545
• DOI: 10.1351/pac200779040557

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Liverworts produce a great variety of lipophilic terpenoids, aromatic compounds, and acetogenins. Many of these constituents have characteristic scents, pungency, and bitterness, and display a quite extraordinary array of bioactivities and medicinal properties. These expressions of biological activity are summarized and discussed, and examples are given of the potential of certain lead compounds for structure-activity studies and synthesis.