Moritz, Thomas
- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
A total of 27 taxa from the families Adoxaceae s.lat. (including Viburnaceae and Sambucaceae), Araliaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacaceae and Valerianaceae (including Triplostegia) have been analysed using thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and combined high performance liquid chromato-graphy-mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS) in search for iridoid triesters of the valepotriate type. Valepotriates were detected unambigously in all taxa studied of the Valerianaceae, but not in any of the other families studied. The obtained results fall well in line with suggested phylogenies estimated from molecular and morphological data. This paper includes the first reports of valepotriates in the genera Triplostegia and Nardostachys, and the first published fast atom bombardment (FAB) mass spectra of valepotriates. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd, All rights reserved.
Keywords
Valerianaceae; Triplostegia; Valepotriates; epoxy-tri-esters; iridoids; HPLC/MS; FAB; TLC; phylogeny
Published in
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
1998, volume: 26, number: 3, pages: 309-335
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Botany
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00121-X
Permanent link to this page (URI)
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