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Bioactive compounds in bryophytes and pteridophytes / Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy, editor.

This reference work provides a comprehensive overview of bioactive compounds investigated in bryophytes and pteridophytes and explores their nutritional, biological, pharmacological and ecological effects. Bryophytes are cosmopolitan lower plants that are rich in phytochemicals including fatty acids...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Murthy, Hosakatte Niranjana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2023.
Series:Reference series in phytochemistry.
Subjects:
Pteridophyta.
Pteridophyta > Composition.
Bryophytes.
Bryophytes > Composition.
Bioactive compounds.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • About the Editor
  • Contributors
  • Part I: Bryophytes
  • 1 Bioactive Compounds from Bryophytes
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Ethnobotanical Importance of Bryophytes
  • 3 Phytochemicals from Bryophytes and Their Bioactivity
  • 4 The Pharmacological Activity of Bryophytes
  • 4.1 Antimicrobial Activity
  • 4.2 Antifungal Activity
  • 4.2.1 Antibacterial Activity
  • 4.2.2 Antiviral Activity
  • 4.3 Cytotoxic Activity
  • 4.4 Antioxidant Activity
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References
  • 2 Therapeutic Potential of Bryophytes and Its Future Perspective
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Traditional Uses of Bryophytes
  • 2 Therapeutic Potential of Bryophytes
  • 2.1 Some of the Active Therapeutic Compounds from Bryophytes and Their Biological Activities
  • 2.1.1 Benzyl Benzoate
  • 2.1.2 p-Hydroxycinnamic Acid
  • 2.1.3 7,8-Dihydroxycoumarin
  • 2.1.4 Marchantins
  • 2.1.5 Riccardins
  • 2.1.6 Triterpenoid Saponins
  • 2.1.7 Tetracyclic Diterpene
  • 2.1.8 Sesquiterpenes
  • 2.1.9 Diplophyllin
  • 2.1.10 Plagiochiline
  • 2.1.11 Plagiochin E
  • 2.1.12 Perrottetin E
  • 3 Major Therapeutic Activities of Bryophytes
  • 3.1 Antitumor Activities
  • 3.2 Antidiabetic Activities
  • 3.3 Anti-Inflammatory Activities
  • 3.4 Antimicrobial Activities
  • 4 Future Perspective
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Volatile Compounds and Oils from Mosses and Liverworts
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Mosses
  • 2.1 Antitrichia curtipendula (Hedw.) Brid
  • 2.2 Brachythecium albicans (Hedw.) Schimp
  • 2.3 Brachythecium salebrosum (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Schimp
  • 2.4 Breutelia tomentosa (Sw. ex Brid.) A. Jaeger
  • 2.5 Bryum pallescens Schleich. ex Schwagr
  • 2.6 Campylopus richardii Brid
  • 2.7 Eurhynchium angustirete (Broth.) T.J. Kop
  • 2.8 Eurhynchium pulchellum (Hedw.) Jenn
  • 2.9 Eurhynchium striatum (Schreb. ex Hedw.) Schimp
  • 2.10 Fontinalis antipyretica Hedw
  • 2.11 Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp
  • 2.12 Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw
  • 2.13 Homalia trichomanoides (Hedw.) Brid
  • 2.14 Homalothecium lutescens (Hedw.) H. Rob
  • 2.15 Leptodontium viticulosoides (P. Beauv.) Wijk & Margad
  • 2.16 Macromitrium perreflexum Steere
  • 2.17 Leucodon sciuroides (Hedw.) Schwägr
  • 2.18 Mnium hornum Hedw
  • 2.19 Mnium marginatum (Dicks.) P. Beauv
  • 2.20 Mnium stellare Hedw
  • 2.21 Neckera complanata (Hedw.) Huebener
  • 2.22 Neckera crispa Hedw
  • 2.23 Phyllogonium viride Brid
  • 2.24 Plagiomnium acutum (Lindb.) T.J. Kop
  • 2.25 Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T.J. Kop
  • 2.26 Plagiothecium undulatum (Hedw.) Schimp
  • 2.27 Pleurochaete squarrosa (Brid.) Lindb
  • 2.28 Pohlia nutans (Hedw.) Lindb
  • 2.29 Polytrichum commune Hedw
  • 2.30 Pseudoscleropodium purum (Hedw.) M. Fleisch
  • 2.31 Rhacocarpus purpurascens (Brid.) Paris
  • 2.32 Rhodobryum ontariense (Kindb.) Paris
  • 2.33 Sphagnum auriculatum Schimp
  • 2.34 Sphagnum subnitens Russow & Warnst
  • 2.35 Syntrichia intermedia Brid
  • 2.36 Taxiphyllum wisgrillii (Garov.) Wijk & Margad

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