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Title: | Piper peltatum: Biomass and 4-Nerolidylcatechol production |
Authors: | Pinto, Ana Cristina da Silva Chaves, Francisco Célio Maia dos Santos, Pierre Alexandre Lexandre Nunez, C. V. Tadei, Wanderli Pedro Pohlit, Adrian Martin |
Keywords: | 4 Nerolidylcatechol Herbaceous Agent Unclassified Drug Biomass Greenhouse High Performance Liquid Chromatography Inflorescence Medicinal Plant Piper Peltatum Plant Leaf Plant Root Plant Stem Seedling Chromatography, Thin Layer Biomass Catechols Piper Plant Extracts Plant Roots Plant Structures Plants, Medicinal Piper Peltatum Piperaceae |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Planta Medica |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 76, Número 13, Pags. 1473-1476 |
Abstract: | Piper peltatum L. is used for the treatment of inflammation, malaria, and other ailments. 4-Nerolidylcatechol (4-NC) is a valuable natural product that has important anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, and antioxidant properties. 4-NC is a component of P. peltatum and P. umbellatum extracts, which are used in cosmetics. The aim of this work was to evaluate the production of plant biomass and the production of 4-NC in roots of cultivated P. peltatum over a full life cycle. Seedlings were produced in a greenhouse and then transplanted. The weight of dry plant parts (leaves, stems, roots, and inflorescences); numbers of stems, leaves, and inflorescences; and the leaf-to-stem ratio were evaluated at intervals of 60 days after transplanting (DAT). Extracts were prepared using 1:1 ethanolchloroform and an ultrasound bath. Roots, leaves, and inflorescences contained 4-NC according to TLC photodensitometry analysis. Quantification of 4-NC in root extracts was performed using HPLCDAD analysis. Per-hectare production of 4-NC by roots was estimated based on quantitative HPLC analysis and biomass data. Optimal per-hectare yields of 4-NC were obtained by harvesting roots between 350 and 400 DAT. In this period, the average yield was 27kg 4-NC per hectare. Importantly, at the time of maximal overall production of root biomass (470 DAT), there was a decrease in the production of 4-NC (23.8kg/ha), probably due to the onset of senescence. © 2010 Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1055/s-0029-1240938 |
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