Do Compositions of Lipid Fraction Correspond to Species Differentiation in <i>Bupleurum</i> L. (Apiaceae)?
Zhargal Alexandrovich Tykheev,
Oleg Arnoldovich Anenkhonov,
Svetlana Vasilievna Zhigzhitzhapova,
Vasiliy Vladimirovich Taraskin,
Larisa Dorzhievna Radnaeva,
Faqi Zhang
Affiliations
Zhargal Alexandrovich Tykheev
Baikal Institute of Nature Management, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia
Oleg Arnoldovich Anenkhonov
Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia
Svetlana Vasilievna Zhigzhitzhapova
Baikal Institute of Nature Management, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia
Vasiliy Vladimirovich Taraskin
Baikal Institute of Nature Management, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia
Larisa Dorzhievna Radnaeva
Baikal Institute of Nature Management, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia
Faqi Zhang
Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology & Institute of Sanjiangyuan National Park, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China
Bupleurum L. has been widely used in various medical systems as an agent with a wide range of activities. The qualitative composition and content of lipid fraction components of the aerial parts of B. longifolium and B. chinense were elucidated in this work. The available data on the fatty acids (FAs) in Bupleurum plants were compiled and compared with species differentiation in the genus. As a result, the content of FAs in the studied Bupleurum plant species only partially corresponded to the species differentiation and, in some cases, contradicted it. The prognostic value of Bupleurum’s species differentiation for the identification of the potential composition of FAs was insignificant, and it was limited only by particular groups of species. This suggests that a complete phytochemical study of Bupleurum species needs to be conducted to determine the composition of FAs and to identify which species have a similar composition.
