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REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE FARMACOGNOSIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOGNOSY
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 290-296Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA FARMACOGNOSIA
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjp.2016.12.003
Keywords
Wan Chak Mod Loog; Phytochemicals; Phytoestrogen-producing herb; Diarylheptanoids; Sesquiterpenoids
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- National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
- National Center for Agricultural Biotechnology (NCAB)
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Curcuma comosa Roxb., Zingiberaceae, a phytoestrogen-producing herb with vernacularly named Wan Chak Mod Loog in Thailand, has been traditionally used for treatment of gynecologic diseases and sold as food supplement in the market. However, similar rhizomes of its related species may lead to the confusion in the uses of this plant. This study was aimed to investigate the phytochemical constituents of different Curcuma spp. that used as Wan Chak Mod Loog. Characteristic major compounds were isolated and identified. Phytochemical analysis of 45 Curcuma samples representing Curcuma sp., C. latifolia, and C. comosa were analyzed and compared with their phylogenetic relationship inferred by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism analysis. Phytoestrogen diarylheptanoids were found in all samples of C. comosa while sesquiterpenoids including hepatoxic zederone were found in C. latifolia and Curcuma sp. samples. (C) 2017 Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.
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