Comprehensive comparative metabolome study of a large collection of Corsican bryophytes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Bryophytes are non-vascular plants that appeared on Earth before vascular plants. More than 24,000 species are reported worldwide, and only a small proportion have been studied. However, part of their biosynthetic potential has been unveiled and more than 1,600 terpenoids have been detected and identified. The study of bryophytes faces challenges due to their small size, and sociology, making it difficult to collect large amounts of uncontaminated samples. Additionally, their chemical specificity and the scarcity of chemical data specific to this branch further complicate their study. Traditionally, research on bryophytes has focused only on specific species or classes of compounds.

Methods

In contrast, our work proposes the first untargeted metabolite profiling

SUBMITTER: Pannequin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11745878 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature