Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1996; 62(5): 473-474DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957944 Letter © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkA Novel Inhibitor of Platelet Aggregation from the Cyanophyceae Oscillatoria rosea (NIES-208)Mun-Chual Rho, Kimihiro Matsunaga, Koubun Yasuda, Yasushi Ohizumi Department of Pharmaceutical Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980, Japan Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract (2S)-1-O-Palmitoleyl-3-O-β-D-galactopyranosylglycerol was isolated from the marine alga Oscillatoria rosea. It caused a concentration-dependent inhibition of platelet aggregation induced by U46619. Its structure was elucidated by spectroscopic analysis and chemical evidence. PDF (160 kb)