Bryo-Activities: A Review on How Bryophytes Are Contributing to the Arsenal of Natural Bioactive Compounds against Fungi

Plants

Antonella Muto¹  Mauro Commisso²  Francesco Guarino³  Francesca Degola⁴  Amalia Piro⁵  Laura Marchi⁶ 

[1] Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Ponte P. Bucci 6b, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (CS), Italy;Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Cà Vignal 1, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona (VR), Italy;Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy;Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco delle Scienze 11/A, 43124 Parma (PR), Italy;Laboratory of Plant Biology and Plant Proteomics (Lab.Bio.Pro.Ve), Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Ponte P. Bucci 12 C, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (CS), Italy;Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43125 Parma (PR), Italy;

关键词: bryophytes;    plants bioactive compounds from early-diverged land;    natural antifungals;    plant extracts;    mosses;    liverworts;   

DOI  :  10.3390/plants10020203

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Usually regarded as less evolved than their more recently diverged vascular sisters, which currently dominate vegetation landscape, bryophytes seem having nothing to envy to the defensive arsenal of other plants, since they had acquired a suite of chemical traits that allowed them to adapt and persist on land. In fact, these closest modern relatives of the ancestors to the earliest terrestrial plants proved to be marvelous chemists, as they traditionally were a popular remedy among tribal people all over the world, that exploit their pharmacological properties to cure the most different diseases. The phytochemistry of bryophytes exhibits a stunning assortment of biologically active compounds such as lipids, proteins, steroids, organic acids, alcohols, aliphatic and aromatic compounds, polyphenols, terpenoids, acetogenins and phenylquinones, thus it is not surprising that substances obtained from various species belonging to such ancestral plants are widely employed as antitumor, antipyretic, insecticidal and antimicrobial. This review explores in particular the antifungal potential of the three Bryophyta divisions—mosses (Musci), hornworts (Anthocerotae) and liverworts (Hepaticae)—to be used as a sources of interesting bioactive constituents for both pharmaceutical and agricultural areas, providing an updated overview of the latest relevant insights.

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