Variability of secondary metabolites of bark of annual shoots of the genus Aesculus L. representatives

Abstract

The analyze of quality of products of secondary metabolism of bark of annual shoots of genus Aesculus L. representatives is made. It is established the specific biochemical profiles of bark of annual shoots for composition of terpenoids, triterpene saponins, flavonoids and coumarins. The interspecies relations of 12 representatives of genus Aesculus is determined. It is showed that North American and European species combined in three main clusters that reflect the appropriate taxonomic sections, which are allocated on base of phylogenetic relationships of plants on morphological and molecular genetic features.

Keywords

• genus Aesculus L. species
• shoot
• bark
• coumarins
• flavonoids
• horse-chestnut leaf miner