Diterpenoids from Liverworts and their Biological Activities

Title:Diterpenoids from Liverworts and their Biological Activities

Volume: 22 Issue: 18

Author(s): Na Liu*, Cong Wu, Peng Wang and Hongxiang Lou*

Affiliation:

• Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Technology, University of Jinan, Jinan,China

• Department of Natural Product Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (MOE), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan,China

Keywords: Diterpenes, liverworts, phytochemistry, classification, structure, bioactivity.

Abstract: Liverworts, widely used as traditional Chinese medicine, are a rich source of structurally diverse secondary metabolites with intriguing biological activities. Given that diterpenoids present in liverwort species possess striking scaffoldings and considering the absence of any previous review on this subject, we present an updated analysis of the diterpenes in liverworts along with their biological activities based on literature dated from 1997 to present. This comprehensive effort is expected to lay the foundation for further research on the diterpenes in liverworts.

Cite this article as:

Liu Na *, Wu Cong , Wang Peng and Lou Hongxiang *, Diterpenoids from Liverworts and their Biological Activities, Current Organic Chemistry 2018; 22 (18) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272822666180905112616