Chicoric acid from Syringodium filiforme

The economic potential of beach-cast seagrass – Cymodocea nodosa: a promising renewable source of chicoric acid

“…However, the phenolic secondary chemistry in the seagrasses appears not to have been fundamentally modified by this adaptation, as shown by the frequent occurrence of caffeic derivatives (Achamlale et al 2009, Nuissier et al 2010, Papenbrock 2012. Compared with terrestrial plants, using dead biomass of seagrass as a source of phytochemicals offers some particular advantages.…”

“…The constancy of the phenolic profile of C. nodosa throughout its biogeographic range shows that this genetic differentiation has no influence on the phenolic secondary chemistry of this species. Also noticeable is the fact that C. nodosa and Syringodium filiforme share the same phenolic fingerprints, so that it is difficult to distinguish these two species on the basis of only their HPLC-DAD chromatograms or their NMR spectra (Nuissier et al 2010). Although other members of Cymodoceaceae should be analyzed, these results already suggest that CA and CAFT could be used as taxonomic markers for the Cymodoceaceae.…”

“…Several species of seaweeds are used as human food or as raw material for the production of compounds of nutritional interest (Cardozo et al 2007). Compared with algae, seagrasses remain very little exploited despite the tremendous opportunities they offer to find new commercially valuable phytochemicals (Achamlale et al 2009, Nuissier et al 2010.…”

“…We have recently reported about the isolation of CA from the dead biomass of the tropical seagrass Syringodium filiforme, which belongs to the family Cymodoceaceae (Nuissier et al 2010). Considering the high value properties of CA, it appears of interest to investigate other members of this family growing in temperate seas.…”

Highlights in Seagrasses’ Phylogeny, Physiology, and Metabolism: What Makes Them Special?

“…Chicoric acid and caftaric acid were identified in detrital and living leaves of the tropical seagrass Syringodium filiforme making this abundant renewable raw material of interest for pharmaceutical purposes and food industries [45]. Phytochemical investigations revealed the presence of unidentified sulfated phenolic compounds from nine different species of Halophila [43], unidentified sulfated and nonsulfated flavones from the Halophila ovalis/Halophila minor complex [35], flavones and flavone glycosides from Halophila johnsonii [46], as well as malonylated flavonoid derivatives in the seagrass Halophila stipulacea [47].…”