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PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 831-837Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-013-9306-4
Keywords
Echimidine; Echiumine; Leptanthine; Plant defence; Shikonin
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- RIRDC
- National Weeds Research Program plus research initiative
- EH Graham Centre at CSU
- NSW OMSR Lifesciences Award
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Geographically distinct populations of Paterson's curse (Echium plantagineum L., Boragineacea), found near roadsides across New South Wales and Victoria, Australia were surveyed along 3 distinct longitudinal transects in spring of 2011 for presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and naphthoquinones in sampled plants. Composite samples of shoots and roots were collected from each of 45 sites; shoot extracts were subjected to solid phase extraction and LC-ESI/MS for determination of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and related N-oxides (PANOs), while root periderm extracts were analysed for naphthoquinone content spectrophotometrically and by LC-ESI/MS. Metabolic profiling of 12 possible PAs and PANOs showed their consistent appearance in all shoot extracts, with lepthamine N-oxide, echimidine-N oxide and echumine N-oxide predominant. The three major PANOs were significantly higher in northern sampling locations than those further south. Root extracts contained shikonin and several related naphthoquinones, as well as two of the major PANOs found in the leaves. Naphthoquinones were highest in the northwest corner of the sampled region. The patterns of abundance of secondary metabolites in E. plantagienum suggest that climate change might result in greater production of defensive compounds by E. plantagineum, making this weed increasingly toxic to livestock.
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