Chemical Constituents of Bryophytes Bio- and Chemical Diversity, Biological Activity, and Chemosystematics /

• Main Authors: Asakawa, Yoshinori. (Author), Ludwiczuk, Agnieszka. (Author), Nagashima, Fumihiro. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, 95
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Pharmacy.; Organic chemistry.; Medical biochemistry.; Plant biochemistry.; Organic Chemistry.; Plant Biochemistry.; Medical Biochemistry.
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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, whi...

Table of Contents:

• 1 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.