Production of xanthones with free radical scavenging properties, emodin and sclerotiorin by the cultured lichen mycobionts of Pyrenula japonica
- Author:
- Takenaka Y., Tanahashi T., Nagakura N. & Hamada N.
- Year:
- 2000
- Journal:
- Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C
- Pages:
- 55: 910–914
- Url:
- doi: 10.1515/znc-2000-11-1211
From the cultures of the spore-derived mycobionts of the lichen Pyrenula japonica, two new xanthones, 1,8-dihydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl-5-methoxyxanthone and 1,2,8-trihydroxy-5-methoxy-3-methylxanthone, were isolated along with 1,7-dihydroxy-3-methylxanthone, 1,5,8-trihydroxy-3-methylxanthone, 1,8-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-3-methylxanthone, emodin and sclerotiorin. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods. Sclerotiorin was isolated for the first time from lichen mycobionts. Radical scavenging activities of the isolated xanthones were also studied.
Kezwords: Pyrenula japonica, Lichen, Isolated Mycobiont.
- Id:
- 39257
- Submitter:
- zpalice
- Post_time:
- Tuesday, 03 February 2026 12:00

