title: Phaeophytins from a cell suspension culture of the liverwort Plagiochila ovalifolia.
abstract: A suspension culture of the liverwort Plagiochila ovalifolia was established from callus tissue induced by culturing spores. From the cultured cells, four phaeophytins were isolated as major components and their structures determined by spectroscopic methods. The phaeophytin derivatives showed antibacterial activity. A major sesquiterpenoid, ovalifoliene, found in the mother plant, was detected in the cultures by GC-mass spectrometry.
authors.affiliation: Division of Environmental Biochemistry, Faculty of Social Information Science, Kure University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nozaki
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010674:Pheophytins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010674:Pheophytins