Isolation and identification of the compounds from
E. bicyclis yielded six known phlorotannins from the weak antiinflammatory
EtOAc fraction (phloroglucinol, eckol, dieckol, dioxyinodehydroeckol,
phlorofucofuroeckol A, 7-phloroeckol) and a known
sterol from the high anti-inflammatory CH2Cl2 fraction (fucosterol).
Considering the results of these above experiments, we evaluated
the prospect of E. bicyclis as a source of anti-inflammatory agents.