Cystophora retroflexa

Cystophora retroflexa
Scientific classification
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Sargassaceae
Genus: Cystophora
Species: C. retroflexa
Binomial name
Cystophora retroflexa
Synonyms

Fucus retroflexus Labillardière 1807

Cystophora retroflexa is a brown alga species in the genus Cystophora found in Tasmania. It is the type species in the genus.

The species contains phlorotannins of the classes of phlorethols and fucophlorethols (phloroglucinol, difucol, tetraphlorethol-E, pentaphlorethol-B, hexaphlorethol-A, fucotriphlorethol-G, fucotriphlorethol-H, fucotetraphlorethol-J, fucotetraphlorethol-K, fucopentaphlorethol-E, bisfucoheptaphlorethol-A, difucofucotriphlorethol-A, difucofucotetraphlorethol-B, terfucohexaphlorethol-B, terfucoheptaphlorethol-A, diphlorethol, triphlorethol-A, tetraphlorethol-C, fucophlorethol-B, fucodiphlorethol-D, fucotriphlorethol-B, fucotetra-phlorethol-B, bisfucotriphlorethol-A, bisfucotetraphlorethol-A, bisfucopentaphlorethol-A, bisfucopentaphlorethol-B, difucophlorethol-A, difucofucotetraphlorethol-A, terfucopentaphlorethol-A and terfucohexaphlorethol-A).[1] There are also halogenated phlorethols and fucophlorethols (chlorinated, brominated and iodinated derivatives).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sailler, Birgit; Glombitza, Karl-Werner (1999). "Phlorethols and fucophlorethols from the brown alga Cystophora retroflexa". Phytochemistry. 50 (5): 869. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00643-8.
  2. ↑ Sailler, B; Glombitza, KW (1999). "Halogenated phlorethols and fucophlorethols from the brown alga Cystophora retroflexa". Natural Toxins. 7 (2): 57–62. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1522-7189(199903/04)7:2<57::AID-NT42>3.0.CO;2-F. PMID 10495467.


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