title: Methoxybifurcarenone: an antifungal and antibacterial meroditerpenoid from the brown alga Cystoseira tamariscifolia.
abstract: A meroditerpenoid metabolite has been isolated from the brown alga Cystoseira tamariscifolia and characterized as methoxybifurcarenone, by spectral analysis. Methoxybifurcarenone possesses antifungal activity against three tomato pathogenic fungi: Botrytis cinerea, Fusarium oxysporum sp. mycopersici and Verticillium alboatrum and antibacterial activity against Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Escherichia coli.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Biomoléculaire Associé au C.N.R., Faculté des Sciences Ben M'Sik, Casablanca, Morocco.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bennamara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abourriche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berrada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Charrouf
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chaib
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boudouma
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Garneau
mesh_terms: D016960:Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Q000187:drug effects; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D000459:Phaeophyceae / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D004224:Diterpenes; C400979:methoxybifurcarenone