Górnaś Paweł, Symoniuk Edyta
Institute of Horticulture, Graudu 1, LV-3701 Dobele, Latvia.
Department of Food Technology and Assessment, Institute of Food Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland.
Molecules. 2025 Mar 2;30(5):1137. doi: 10.3390/molecules30051137.
St. John's wort ( L.) is a well-known medicinal plant widely used in phytotherapy due to its abundant secondary metabolites with bioactive properties. Research on tocochromanols conducted in nine populations of St. John's wort using reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescent light detector (RP-HPLC-FLD) has provided new insights into their diverse composition in different aerial parts of the plant. Flower buds displayed the most diverse tocochromanol profile, while stems contained the lowest levels of these compounds. In most of the examined tissues, δ-T3 was the predominant tocochromanol (34-69%), except in leaves, where α-T dominated. The highest concentration of total tocotrienols was recorded in flower buds (48.5-74.1 mg/100 g dry weight), with δ-T3 (56%) and α-T3 (38%) as the dominant compounds. The highest δ-T3 content was found in unripe seed pods (29.6-45.1 mg/100 g dw). Principal Component Analysis (PCA) revealed distinct differences in tocochromanol composition among the aerial parts of . The findings highlight that has higher potential applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and medical industries than previously assumed, due to its relatively high content of tocotrienols, mainly δ-T3, in different plant organs.
贯叶连翘(L.)是一种著名的药用植物,因其含有丰富的具有生物活性的次生代谢产物而广泛应用于植物疗法。使用反相高效液相色谱-荧光检测器(RP-HPLC-FLD)对九个贯叶连翘种群的生育三烯酚进行的研究,为了解其在植物不同地上部分的多样组成提供了新的见解。花芽显示出最多样化的生育三烯酚谱,而茎中这些化合物的含量最低。在大多数被检查的组织中,δ-T3是主要的生育三烯酚(34-69%),但在叶片中α-T占主导地位。花芽中总生育三烯酚的浓度最高(48.5-74.1毫克/100克干重),其中δ-T3(56%)和α-T3(38%)为主要化合物。未成熟的豆荚中δ-T3含量最高(29.6-45.1毫克/100克干重)。主成分分析(PCA)揭示了贯叶连翘地上部分生育三烯酚组成的明显差异。研究结果突出表明,由于贯叶连翘在不同植物器官中生育三烯酚,主要是δ-T3的含量相对较高,其在食品、制药和医疗行业具有比以前认为的更高的潜在应用价值。