Chemical and genetic diversity of Ligularia vellerea in Yunnan, China

Phytochemistry. 2008 Mar;69(5):1158-65. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.12.001. Epub 2008 Jan 30.

Abstract

Intra-specific diversity in Liularia vellerea growing in the northwestern to central Yunnan province of China was studied by chemical and genetic approaches. Samples collected in the Jianchuan, Lijiang, and Zhongdian areas contained 6,15-dioxygenated furanoeremophilanes as their major components (type A); whereas samples from the Luguhu area accumulated 1,6-dioxygenated furanoeremophilanes (type B); a sample from near Kunming, however, contained 6,15-dioxygenated eremophilanolides (type C). 11 beta H- and 11 alpha H-6 beta-angeloyloxy-15-carboxyeremophil-7-en-12,8-olides (eremofarfugins D and E) were also isolated and their structures were determined. A correlation between the composition and the DNA sequence was observed in the ITSs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Asteraceae / chemistry*
  • Asteraceae / genetics*
  • China
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Naphthalenes / chemistry*
  • Naphthalenes / isolation & purification
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • Plant Roots / genetics
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Species Specificity
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • 11alpha H-6 beta-angeloyloxy-15-carboxyeremophil-7-en-12,8-olide
  • Naphthalenes
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • eremophilane compounds