Antibacterial and Antifungal Polyine Compounds from Glehnia littoralis ssp. leiocarpa

H. Matsuura; G. Saxena; S. W. Farmer; R. E. W. Hancock; G. H. N. Towers

doi:10.1055/s-2006-957872

Planta Medica, Table of Contents

Planta Med 1996; 62(3): 256-259
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957872

Paper

Antibacterial and Antifungal Polyine Compounds from Glehnia littoralis ssp. leiocarpa

H. Matsuura¹ , G. Saxena¹ , S. W. Farmer² , R. E. W. Hancock² , G. H. N. Towers¹

¹Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4
²Department of Microbiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4

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Abstract

Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt ssp. leiocarpa (Mathias) Hult. (Apiaceae), a species of ethnopharmacological interest in British Columbia, has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Antibacterial and antifungal compounds include two hitherto unreported polyine compounds, (9Z)1,9-heptadecadiene-4,6-diyne-3,8,11 -triol and (10E)1,10-heptadecadiene-4,6-diyne-3,8,9-triol.

Key words

Glehnia littoralis - Apiaceae - antibiotic activity - traditional medicine

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