TY - JOUR AU - Ivković, Ivana AU - Bukvički, Danka AU - Novaković, Miroslav AU - Ivanović, Stefan AU - Stanojević, Olja AU - Nikolić, Ivan AU - Veljić, Milan PY - 2021/12/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Antibacterial properties of thalloid liverworts Marchantia polymorpha L., Conocephalum conicum (L.) Dum. and Pellia endiviifolia (Dicks.) Dumort: Scientific paper JF - Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society JA - J. Serb. Chem. Soc. VL - 86 IS - 12 SE - Theme issue honoring Professor Emeritus Slobodan Milosavljević's 80th birthday DO - 10.2298/JSC210728084I UR - https://shd-pub.org.rs/index.php/JSCS/article/view/11005 SP - 1249-1258 AB - <p>The antimicrobial activity of methanol extracts of three thalloid liver­worts, <em>Marchantia polymorpha</em>, <em>Conocephalum conicum</em> and <em>Pellia endiviifolia</em> and bis-bibenzyl marchantin A, the most dominant compound in the methanol extract of <em>M. polymorpha</em>, have been investigated in this research. <sup>1</sup>H-NMR spec­troscopy revealed that the <em>M. polymorpha</em> and <em>P. endiviifolia</em> extracts of liverwort contain terpenes, oils, sugars and bis-bibenzyls, while these specific macrocyclic compounds were absent in the<em> C. conicum </em>extract. The anti­mic­robial potential was tested on eight bacterial strains. Antimicrobial effects of extracts and mar­chantin A were observed against Gram-positive bacteria, while they showed no effect against Gram-negative bacteria in both methods used – well diffusion and broth microdilution.</p> ER -