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Mahmoodi F, Bikdeloo M, Khadivi A, Akramian M. Morphological and biochemical variation of Ajuga chamaecistus Ging. ex Benth. in different habitats of Markazi province in the center of Iran. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:401. [PMID: 38745126 PMCID: PMC11094880 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05125-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND Medicinal plants, such as Ajuga chamaecistus Ging. ex Benth. are a natural and available source of treatment for a wide range of diseases. The objective of the present study was to assess the morphological and biochemical variation of 70 accessions of this species collected from seven geographical areas of Markazi province in the center of Iran. RESULTS The measured traits exhibited considerable variability across the populations. Positive correlations were observed between antioxidant activity and total phenolic content, as well as total flavonoid content. Principal component analysis showed six components explaining 72.15% of the total variance, and the PC1 explained 20.68% of the total variance. The Ward dendrogram based on morphological variables identified two main clusters. Morphological analysis of A. chamaecistus showed a high variation between qualitative and quantitative traits that help the breeders for selecting the desired genotypes. The accessions collected from the Robat-Mil area showed the highest values for the recorded morphological characteristics. Also, the populations of Robat-Mil, Hassanabad, and Khaneh-Miran were characterized by high values of total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, and antioxidant activity, which can be used in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food. CONCLUSIONS Overall, the present results showed that the best place for the growth of A. chamaecistus with the production of significant contents of phenol and flavonoid is in Robat-Mil area.
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- Fatemeh Mahmoodi
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8-8349, Iran
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8-8349, Iran.
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8-8349, Iran.
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- Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8-8349, Iran
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Khodadadi F, Ahmadi FS, Talebi M, Matkowski A, Szumny A, Afshari M, Rahimmalek M. Metabolic and Transcriptomic Approaches of Chitosan and Water Stress on Polyphenolic and Terpenoid Components and Gene Expression in Salvia abrotanoides (Karl.) and S. yangii. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:15426. [PMID: 37895107 PMCID: PMC10607810 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242015426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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In this research, a HPLC analysis, along with transcriptomics tools, was applied to evaluate chitosan and water stress for the prediction of phenolic flavonoids patterns and terpenoid components accumulation in Salvia abrotanoides Karel and S. yangii. The results indicated that the tanshinone contents under drought stress conditions increased 4.2-fold with increasing drought stress intensity in both species. The rosmarinic acid content in the leaves varied from 0.038 to 11.43 mg/g DW. In addition, the flavonoid content was increased (1.8 and 1.4-fold) under mild water deficit conditions with a moderate concentration of chitosan (100 mg L-1). The application of foliar chitosan at 100 and 200 mg L-1 under well-watered and mild stress conditions led to increases in hydroxyl cryptotanshinone (OH-CT) and cryptotanshinone (CT) contents as the major terpenoid components in both species. The expressions of the studied genes (DXS2, HMGR, KSL, 4CL, and TAT) were also noticeably induced by water deficit and variably modulated by the treatment with chitosan. According to our findings, both the drought stress and the application of foliar chitosan altered the expression levels of certain genes. Specifically, we observed changes in the expression levels of DXS and HMGR, which are upstream genes in the MEP and MVA pathways, respectively. Additionally, the expression level of KSL, a downstream gene involved in diterpenoid synthesis, was also affected. Finally, the present investigation confirmed that chitosan treatments and water stress were affected in both the methylerythritol phosphate pathway (MEP) and mevalonate (MVA) pathways, but their commitment to the production of other isoprenoids has to be considered and discussed.
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- Farzaneh Khodadadi
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 91779-48974, Iran;
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 91779-48974, Iran;
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Biocatalysis, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 83111-84156, Iran;
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Biocatalysis, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland
- Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
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Dogan I, Ozyigit II, Kidiraliyeva B, Cekirov K, Kurmanbekova G, Ucar B, Saykieva N, Hocaoglu-Ozyigit A, Yalcin IE, Severoglu Z, Solak AO. Assessment of pollution at the former uranium waste dumpsite near kaji-Say Village/Kyrgyzstan: a genetic and physiological investigation. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH AND APPLIED SCIENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/16878507.2021.1957397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Ilhan Dogan
- Sakarya University of Applied Sciences, Vocational School of Health Services at Akyazi, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Marmara University, Faculty of Sciences & Arts, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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- Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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- Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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- Marmara University, Faculty of Sciences & Arts, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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- Marmara University, Faculty of Sciences & Arts, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences, Department of Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Marmara University, Faculty of Sciences & Arts, Department of Biology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Ankara University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey
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Tanaka N, Kashiwada Y. Phytochemical studies on traditional herbal medicines based on the ethnopharmacological information obtained by field studies. J Nat Med 2021; 75:762-783. [PMID: 34255289 PMCID: PMC8397699 DOI: 10.1007/s11418-021-01545-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Traditional herbal medicines, which have been used in the matured traditional medical systems as well as those have been used in ethnic medical systems, are invaluable resources of drug seeds. Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological survey may provide useful information of these herbal medicines, which are valuable for searching new bioactive molecules. From this viewpoint, we have been performing the ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological field studies in Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, and Mongolia. Phytochemical studies on traditional herbal medicines were performed based on the information obtained by our ethnobotanical survey. Herbal medicines used in Uzbekistan and Bangladesh were also investigated on the basis of the ethnopharmacological information obtained from collaborative researchers in the respective regions. Some studies were carried out for searching active substance(s) based on bioassay-guided fractionation and isolation. Over 150 new molecules were isolated in these studies, and their various biological activities were also demonstrated. This review summarizes the results of phytochemical studies of those traditional herbal medicines as well as biological activities of the isolated molecules.
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- Naonobu Tanaka
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan.
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Alizadeh Z, Farimani MM, Parisi V, Marzocco S, Ebrahimi SN, De Tommasi N. Nor-abietane Diterpenoids from Perovskia abrotanoides Roots with Anti-inflammatory Potential. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2021; 84:1185-1197. [PMID: 33749273 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Fractionation of an EtOAc extract of the roots of Perovskia abrotanoides yielded 28 diterpenoids, including 12 new analogues, 1-12. The structures of these diterpenoids were established using comprehensive spectroscopic data analysis, including 1D and 2D NMR, high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, electronic circular dichroism spectroscopy, and comparison with literature data. The extract and some of the tested compounds showed significant anti-inflammatory activity on J774A.1 macrophage cells stimulated with E. coli lipopolysaccharide. In particular, the tested compounds significantly inhibited the release of nitric oxide and the expression of related proinflammatory enzymes, such as inducible nitric oxide synthase.
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- Zahra Alizadeh
- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, 1983969411 Tehran, Iran
- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II n. 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, 1983969411 Tehran, Iran
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II n. 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II n. 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, 1983969411 Tehran, Iran
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II n. 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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Moshrefi-Araghi A, Nemati H, Azizi M, Moshtaghi N, Shoor M. Association of Genetic Structure and Diversity in Iranian Wild Germplasms of Mentha longifolia L. Based on Phenotypical, Biochemical, and Molecular Markers. Chem Biodivers 2021; 18:e2001044. [PMID: 33764630 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202001044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mentha longifolia L. is well-known to be one of the most pervasive wild-growing species of the Lamiaceae family, which has extensive beneficial properties in the fields of pharmacology and biological products. In the present study, the correlation between Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers and morpho-chemical parameters of twenty different M. longifolia accessions (MLACs) were assessed. The geographic information system (GIS) has been employed to interpret the original habitat of the accessions in Iran. ISSR analysis indicated a remarkable difference in the studied accessions, segregated them into three main groups, constructed by an unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic (UPGMA) and principal coordinate analysis (PCoA). A total of 89 bands were generated by 12 ISSR primers, among which 82 (91.97 %) of them were polymorphic. The cluster analysis based on agro-morphological data scattered MLACs into two main groups. The essential oils (EOs) were analyzed through GC/FID/MS, and four chemotypes were characterized according to the major constituents. Pulegone ranged from 0.17 to 69.50 % was the main oil constituent with the highest content. Also, HPLC-PDA was employed to identify and to quantify the phenolic compounds in the MeOH extracts of MLACs. Heatmap cluster based on phenolic compounds produced three main categories of accessions. The components identified in the extracts were rosmarinic acid, rutin, vanillic acid, ferulic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, and p-coumaric acid, which among them rosmarinic acid (RA) varied from 39.16 to 261.55 mg/100 g (DW) as a predominant constituent. Subsequently, multiple regression analyses between ISSR fragments and morpho-chemical data illustrated considerable relationships in the plant materials. The high variation and correlation observed in metabolic and phenotypic traits of MLACs establish an adequate source to conduct reserves conservation programs.
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- Alireza Moshrefi-Araghi
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948978, Iran
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948978, Iran
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948978, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948978, Iran
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, 9177948978, Iran
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Bielecka M, Pencakowski B, Stafiniak M, Jakubowski K, Rahimmalek M, Gharibi S, Matkowski A, Ślusarczyk S. Metabolomics and DNA-Based Authentication of Two Traditional Asian Medicinal and Aromatic Species of Salvia subg. Perovskia. Cells 2021; 10:cells10010112. [PMID: 33435339 PMCID: PMC7826587 DOI: 10.3390/cells10010112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Subgenus Perovskia of the extended genus of Salvia comprises several Central Asian medicinal and aromatic species, of which S. yangii and S. abrotanoides are the most widespread. These plants are cultivated in Europe as robust ornamentals, and several cultivars are available. However, their medicinal potential remains underutilized because of limited information about their phytochemical and genetic diversity. Thus, we combined an ultra-high performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) based metabolomics with DNA barcoding approach based on trnH-psbA and ITS2 barcodes to clarify the relationships between these two taxa. Metabolomic analysis demonstrated that aerial parts are more similar than roots and none of the major compounds stand out as distinct. Sugiol in S. yangii leaves and carnosic acid quinone in S. abrotanoides were mostly responsible for their chemical differentiation, whereas in roots the distinction was supported by the presence of five norditerpenoids in S. yangii and two flavonoids and one norditerpenoid in S. abrotanoides. To verify the metabolomics-based differentiation, we performed DNA authentication that revealed S. yangii and S. abrotanoides to be very closely related but separate species. We demonstrated that DNA barcoding coupled with parallel LC-MS profiling constitutes a powerful tool in identification of taxonomically close Salvia species.
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- Monika Bielecka
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (B.P.); (M.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.:+48-717840500
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (B.P.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211A, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (B.P.); (M.S.)
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- Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Wroclaw Medical University, Jana Kochanowskiego 14, 51-601 Wroclaw, Poland; (K.J.); (M.R.); (A.M.)
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- Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Wroclaw Medical University, Jana Kochanowskiego 14, 51-601 Wroclaw, Poland; (K.J.); (M.R.); (A.M.)
- Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 841583111, Iran
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- Core Research Facility (CRF), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezar Jerib Street, Isfahan 8174673461, Iran;
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- Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Wroclaw Medical University, Jana Kochanowskiego 14, 51-601 Wroclaw, Poland; (K.J.); (M.R.); (A.M.)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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Khojasteh A, Mirjalili MH, Alcalde MA, Cusido RM, Eibl R, Palazon J. Powerful Plant Antioxidants: A New Biosustainable Approach to the Production of Rosmarinic Acid. Antioxidants (Basel) 2020; 9:E1273. [PMID: 33327619 PMCID: PMC7765155 DOI: 10.3390/antiox9121273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Modern lifestyle factors, such as physical inactivity, obesity, smoking, and exposure to environmental pollution, induce excessive generation of free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the body. These by-products of oxygen metabolism play a key role in the development of various human diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart failure, brain damage, muscle problems, premature aging, eye injuries, and a weakened immune system. Synthetic and natural antioxidants, which act as free radical scavengers, are widely used in the food and beverage industries. The toxicity and carcinogenic effects of some synthetic antioxidants have generated interest in natural alternatives, especially plant-derived polyphenols (e.g., phenolic acids, flavonoids, stilbenes, tannins, coumarins, lignins, lignans, quinines, curcuminoids, chalcones, and essential oil terpenoids). This review focuses on the well-known phenolic antioxidant rosmarinic acid (RA), an ester of caffeic acid and (R)-(+)-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) lactic acid, describing its wide distribution in thirty-nine plant families and the potential productivity of plant sources. A botanical and phytochemical description is provided of a new rich source of RA, Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad (Lamiaceae). Recently reported approaches to the biotechnological production of RA are summarized, highlighting the establishment of cell suspension cultures of S. khuzistanica as an RA chemical biofactory.
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- Abbas Khojasteh
- Laboratori de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII sn, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (A.K.); (M.A.A.); (R.M.C.)
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- Department of Agriculture, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, 1983969411 Tehran, Iran;
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- Laboratori de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII sn, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (A.K.); (M.A.A.); (R.M.C.)
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- Laboratori de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII sn, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (A.K.); (M.A.A.); (R.M.C.)
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- Campus Grüental, Institute of Biotechnology, Biotechnological Engineering and Cell Cultivation Techniques, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, CH-8820 Wädenswill, Switzerland;
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- Laboratori de Fisiologia Vegetal, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII sn, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; (A.K.); (M.A.A.); (R.M.C.)
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Tanaka N, Niwa K, Kajihara S, Tsuji D, Itoh K, Mamadalieva NZ, Kashiwada Y. C28 Terpenoids from Lamiaceous Plant Perovskia scrophulariifolia: Their Structures and Anti-neuroinflammatory Activity. Org Lett 2020; 22:7667-7670. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Naonobu Tanaka
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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- Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy Sciences of of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100170, Uzbekistan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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Karimian V, Sepehry A, Barani H, Ebrahimi SN, Mirjalili MH. Productivity, essential oil variability and antioxidant activity of Ferula assa-foetida L. oleo-gum-resin during the plant exploitation period. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2020.1794988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Vahid Karimian
- Department of Range Management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources , Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Range Management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources , Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Range Management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources , Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C., Evin , Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Agriculture, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C , Tehran, Iran
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Mohammadhosseini M, Venditti A, Akbarzadeh A. The genusPerovskiaKar.: ethnobotany, chemotaxonomy and phytochemistry: a review. TOXIN REV 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/15569543.2019.1691013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Majid Mohammadhosseini
- Department of Chemistry, College of Basic Sciences, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Aminfar Z, Rabiei B, Tohidfar M, Mirjalili MH. Identification of key genes involved in the biosynthesis of triterpenic acids in the mint family. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15826. [PMID: 31676750 PMCID: PMC6825174 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52090-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Triterpenic acids (TAs), a large group of natural compounds with diverse biological activity, are produced by several plant taxa. Betulinic, oleanolic, and ursolic acids are the most medicinally important TAs and are mainly found in plants of the mint family. Metabolic engineering is strongly dependent on identifying the key genes in biosynthetic pathways toward the products of interest. In this study, gene expression tracking was performed by transcriptome mining, co-expression network analysis, and tissue-specific metabolite-expression analysis in order to identify possible key genes involved in TAs biosynthetic pathways. To this end, taxa-specific degenerate primers of six important genes were designed using an effective method based on the MEME algorithm in a phylogenetically related group of sequences and successfully applied in three members of the Lamiaceae (Rosmarinus officinalis, Salvia officinalis, and Thymus persicus). Based on the results of in-depth data analysis, genes encoding squalene epoxidase and oxido squalene cyclases are proposed as targets for boosting triterpene production. The results emphasize the importance of identifying key genes in triterpene biosynthesis, which may facilitate genetic manipulation or overexpression of target genes.
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- Zahra Aminfar
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences & Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University G.C., Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Agriculture, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C., Tehran, Iran.
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