Native plants, calli and suspension cultures of Haplophyllum patapinum were
found to produce several coumarin compounds, eight of which were identifie
d as umbelliferone, scopoletin, 7-isoprenyloxy-coumarin, umbelliprenin, ost
henol, columbianetin, angelicin and psoralen. Umbelliferone, angelicin and
psoralen were found both in plant organs and in tissue cultures, scopoletin
and umbelliprenin only in vivo, osthenol, 7-isoprenyloxycoumarin and colum
bianetin only in vitro conditions. The coumarin production in vitro was str
ongly affected by the cell strain. The co-occurrence of the linear and the
angular furanocoumarins, psoralen and angelicin, had never been previously
reported in the genus Haplophyllum. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All righ
ts reserved.