TERPENOIDS AND BIBENZYLS FROM SOME NEW ZEALAND LIVERWORTS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0031-9422(82)83095-1

Four liverworts, Marchantia berteroana, M. foliacea, Plagiochila stephensoniana and Porella elegantula collected in New Zealand were chemically investigated.M. berteroana contains cuparene and (-)-2-hydroxycuparene as the major components. γ-Cadinene is the major component of M. foliacea. 4-Hydroxy-3'-methoxybibenzyl is a chemical marker for P. stephensoniana which belongs to the non-pungent type of Plagiochila species.P. elegantula synthesizes perrottetianal and belongs to the non-pungent type of Porella species. - Key Word Index: Marchantia berteroana; M. foliacea; Plagiochila stephensoniana; Porella elegantula; Marchantiales; Jungermanniales; Hepaticae; terpenoids; 2-hydroxycuparene; perrottetianal; bibenzyls; 4-hydroxy-3'-methoxybibenzyl; chemosystematics.