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Auto-growth inhibitory substance from the fresh-water cyanobacterium Phormidium tenue
N Yamada1, N Murakami, T Morimoto
1Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Nagoya, Japan.
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
An extract of the cyanobacterium P. tenue showed a significant inhibitory effect on its own growth. Bioassay-directed fractionation has led to the identification of the auto-growth inhibitory substance as a mixture of fatty acids. Unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic and linolenic acids appear to be predominantly responsible for the auto-growth inhibitory effect.