The advent of phyllobilins as bioactive phytochemicals – natural compounds derived from chlorophyll in medicinal plants and food with immunomodulatory activities

Abstract The degradation of the green plant pigment chlorophyll has fascinated chemists and biologists alike over last few decades. Bioactivities compounds formed in this biochemical pathway, however, have only come to light recently. These natural that are from during senescence now called phyllobilins. In review, we shortly discuss outline so-far known bioactivities selected phyllobilins (phylloleucobilin, dioxobilin-type phylloleucobilin, phylloxanthobilin), also highlight recently discovered immunomodulatory effects a yellow phylloxanthobilin.