Leaf structure and phytochemical analysis of Aristolochia baetica, a traditionally used pharmaceutical plant
| Autor: | Kalypso Kotsironi, N Tsafantakis, Nikolaos S. Christodoulakis, Nikolas Fokialakis, Aikaterina L. Stefi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Pharmacology
Aristolochia baetica biology 010405 organic chemistry Chemistry Aristolochic acid Mass spectrometry biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Cell wall 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Complementary and alternative medicine Phytochemical Transmission electron microscopy Parenchyma Botany Chemical composition |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants. 25:88-103 |
| ISSN: | 1540-3580 1049-6475 |
| Popis: | The compact, hypostomatic leaf of Aristolochia baetica was investigated to disclose its structural features and the site and the chemical composition of the secondary metabolites produced. Light, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy along with histochemical and phytochemical analyses were completed. The leaf structure revealed a rather uniform mesophyll without distinct palisade and spongy parenchyma, huge epidermal cells, and unique epidermal idioblasts with cutinized cell wall. These cells produced and accumulated a hydrophobic liquid which had a strong positive reaction with histochemical reagents. Ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry analysis revealed the absence of any characteristic fragment ion relative to aristolochic acid and analogs though a high abundance of flavonol 3-O-glycosides was deduced on the basis of MS and MS/MS data. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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