title: Chemical constituents of Malagasy liverworts, part II: mastigophoric acid methyl ester of biogenetic interest from Mastigophora diclados (Lepicoleaceae Subf. Mastigophoroideae).
abstract: In the course of our chemotaxonomic study of the liverworts growing in Madagascar, mastigophoric acid methyl ester, along with eleven known compounds were isolated from Mastigophora diclados. Isolated metabolites showed that the Malagasy Mastigophora is more related to the samples from Borneo and Japan than to the Taiwanese or Malaysian ones. The biosynthesis of the herbertane type sesquiterpenoids from Mastigophora diclados is suggested to be similar to those found in the genus Herbertus. The herbertane-type sesquiterpenoids were screened for Staphylococcus aureus strain inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan.
authors.forename: Liva
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harinantenaina
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asakawa
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004952:Esters; D035926:Hepatophyta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008270:Madagascar; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004952:Esters; D010936:Plant Extracts