Australian Journal of Crop Science, January 2008

Iridoid and flavonoid patterns of the genus Veronica sect.Alsinebe subsect. Agrestis (Benth.) Stroh (Lamiales) and their systematic significance

Shahryar Saeidi Mehrvarz, Nosrat O. Mahmoodi, Roshanak Asadian

Abstract


The distribution of 2 Iridoid and 6 flavonoid compounds in 4 Veronica L. Sect. Alsinebe subsect. Agrestis species (23 samples) from Iranian Natural populations was investigated. Veronica francispetae and V. siaretensis were studied for these compounds for the first time. The Iridoid and flavonoid patterns showed a good correlation with morphological and chemical features of these taxa. The studied species are closet together according to the flavonoid patterns: species containing quercetin derivatives ( V. persica, V. polita) and species containing quercetin (V. francispetae, V. siaretensis ).

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