''Spongiochloris spongiosa'' is a freshwater green alga species in the genus ''

Spongiochloris ''Spongiochloris'' is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorococcaceae Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales. List of genera * '' Apodochloris'' * '' Bracteacoccus'' * '' Chlorococcopsis'' * '' Chlor ...

''. Phenolic acids such as protocatechuic, p-hydroxybenzoic, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic, chlorogenic, vanillic, caffeic, p-coumaric and

salicylic acid Salicylic acid is an organic compound with the formula HOC6H4CO2H. A colorless, bitter-tasting solid, it is a precursor to and a metabolite of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). It is a plant hormone, and has been listed by the EPA Toxic Substance ...

, cinnamic acid and hydroxybenzaldehydes such as p-hydroxybenzaldehyde,

3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde Protocatechuic aldehyde is a phenolic aldehyde, a compound released from cork stoppers into wine. This molecule can be used as a precursor in the vanillin synthesis by biotransformation by cell cultures of '' Capsicum frutescens'', a type of Chi ...

and vanillin can be isolated from in vitro culture of ''S. spongiosa''.Bioactive phenols in algae: The application of pressurized-liquid and solid-phase extraction techniques. L. Onofrejová, J. Vašíčková, B. Klejdus, P. Stratil, L. Mišurcová, S. Kráčmar, J. Kopecký and J. Vacek, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 20 January 2010, Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 464–470,

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