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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 81-96Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9354-y
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Schoenoplectus lacustris; polyphenols; cinnamic acids; dihydrocinnamic acids; flavonoids; C-13 nor-isoprenoids; (-)-catechin; phytotoxicity; antialgal; Selenastrum capricornutum
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Forty-nine secondary metabolites were isolated from aqueous and alcoholic extracts of the aquatic plant Shoenoplectus lacustris. All compounds were characterized based on spectroscopic data. Eleven free and glycosylated low-molecular polyphenols, 17 cinnamic acid and dihydrocinnamic acid derivatives, 11 flavonoids, and 10 C-13 nor-isoprenoids were identified. The structure of the new compound, 1-benzoyl-glycerol-2-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside, was elucidated by 2D NMR experiments (COSY, HSQC, HMBC, NOESY). To evaluate potential phytotoxic effects, all compounds were tested on the green alga Selenastrum capricornutum, a unicellular organism commonly used in tests of toxicity as a bioindicator of eutrophic sites. The most active compound was (-)-catechin, showing an inhibition similar to that of the algaecide CuSO4.
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