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Chemical Constituents of the Aquatic Plant Schoenoplectus lacustris: Evaluation of Phytotoxic Effects on the Green Alga 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 C13 nor-isoprenoids were identified. The structure of the new compound, 1-benzoyl-glycerol-2-α-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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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Seconda Università di Napoli, via Vivaldi 43, 81100, Caserta, Italy

    Brigida D'Abrosca, Antonio Fiorentino, Marina Isidori, Pietro Monaco & Severina Pacifico

  2. Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biochimica, Università Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia, I-80126, Napoli, Italy

    Marina Dellagreca

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D'Abrosca, B., Dellagreca, M., Fiorentino, A. et al. Chemical Constituents of the Aquatic Plant Schoenoplectus lacustris: Evaluation of Phytotoxic Effects on the Green Alga Selenastrum capricornutum. J Chem Ecol 32, 81–96 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-006-9354-y

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