The antibacterial compound sulphoglycerolipid 1-0 palmitoyl-3-0(6′-sulpho-α-quinovopyranosyl)-glycerol from Sargassum wightii Greville (Phaeophyceae)

Abstract

The compound sulphoglycerolipid 1-0-palmitoyl-3-0(6′-sulpho-α-quinovopyranosyl)-glycerol isolated from the methanolic extract of the brown seaweed Sargassum wightii is active against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae which causes bacterial blight of rice.