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The ether extract ofTypha latifolia L. inhibited the growth of some microalgae. Among the substances chromatographically isolated and characterized from the ether extract, three steroids [β-sitosterol, (20S) 24-methylenlophenol, and stigmast-4-ene-3,6-dione] and three fatty acids [α− linolenic, linoleic, and an unidentified C8∶2] were found to inhibit the growth of some microalgae tested. A selective effect of these substance on blue-green algae (particularly on T 625Synechococcus leopoliensis and on T 1444Anabaena flosaquae) was observed.
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Aliotta, G., Greca, M.D., Monaco, P. et al. In vitro algal growth inhibition by phytotoxins ofTypha latifolia L.. J Chem Ecol 16, 2637–2646 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988075
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