Recent advances in phytochemistry of bryophytes-acetogenins, terpenoids and bis(bibenzyl)s from selected Japanese, Taiwanese, New Zealand, Argentinean and European liverworts.
Bryophytes contain a large number of terpenoids and phenolic compounds. Recent topics relating to the chemical constituents found in 36 Japanese, 3 New Zealand, 2 European, 1 Argentinean and 1 Taiwanese liverworts and 2 Japanese mosses and their biological activity are discussed. The chemosystematics of some liverworts as well as the chemical relationship between liverworts and mosses, and bryophytes and ferns are also discussed.
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Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan. asakawa@ph.bunri-u.ac.jp
D001632:Bibenzyls / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005663:Furans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007783:Lactones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology
D001632:Bibenzyls; D005663:Furans; D007783:Lactones; D013729:Terpenes; C112079:isomurisolenin