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