Chemical Constituents of Bryophytes electronic resource Bio- and Chemical Diversity, Biological Activity, and Chemosystematics / by Yoshinori Asakawa, Agnieszka Ludwiczuk, Fumihiro Nagashima.
Material type: TextSeries: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural ProductsDescription: XVIII, 796 p. 250 illus., 42 illus. in color. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783709110843Subject(s): chemistry | Chemistry, Organic | Pharmacy | Biochemistry | Chemistry | Organic Chemistry | Pharmacy | Plant Biochemistry | Medical BiochemistryDDC classification: 547 LOC classification: QD415-436Online resources: Click here to access online1 Introduction -- 2 Biodiversity of Bryophytes -- 3 Chemical Diversity of Bryophytes -- 4 Chemical Constituents of the Marchantiophyta -- 5 Chemical Constituents of Bryophyta -- 6 Chemical Constituents of Anthocerotophyta -- 7 Biologically Active Compounds of the Marchantiophyta and Bryophyta -- 8 Chemosystematics of the Marchantiophyta -- 9 Chemical Relationships Between Algae, Bryophytes, and Pteridophytes.
For some 50 years, Professor Asakawa and his group have focused their research on the chemical constituents of bryophytes and have found that these plants contain large numbers of secondary metabolites, such as terpenoids, acetogenins, and aromatic compounds representative of many new skeletons, which exhibit interesting biological activities. Individual terpenoids, when found as constituents of both a bryophyte and a higher plant, tend to occur in different enantiomeric forms. Professor Asakawa has covered the literature on bryophytes in two earlier volumes of Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, namely, Volumes 42 (1982) and 65 (1995). Since the publication of the latter volume, a great deal of new information has appeared on bryophytes. One example is that known sex pheromones of algae have been discovered in two liverworts, indicating that some members of the latter taxonomic group might originate from brown algae. From information provided in this volume, it is suggested that two orders of the Marchantiophyta should be combined. .
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