A chemotaxonomic survey of major alkaloids in Lotononis and Buchenroedera

Ben Erik Van Wyk; Gerhard H. Verdoorn

doi:10.1016/0305-1978(89)90053-7

A chemotaxonomic survey of major alkaloids in Lotononis and Buchenroedera

Ben Erik Van Wyk, Gerhard H. Verdoorn

Botany and Plant Biotechnology

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

A survey of alkaloids in five species of Buchenroedera and 27 species of Lotononis has shown the presence of several pyrrolizidine, quinolizidine and piperidyl alkaloids. Senecionine, integerrimine, platyphylline, neoplatyphylline, sparteine, lupanine, 11-epi-lupanine, nuttalline and ammodendrine have been positively identified. The co-occurrence of quinolizidine and macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the same genus is a new record for the Leguminosae and also appears to be a unique chemotaxonomic character for Buchenroedera and Lotononis. The distribution of alkaloids in Lotononis does not support the traditional infrageneric classification.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	385-389
Number of pages	5
Journal	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
Volume	17
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-1978(89)90053-7
Publication status	Published - 1989

Keywords

Buchenroedera
Crotalarieae
Leguminosae
Lotononis
chemotaxonomy
co-occurrence
macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids
quinolizidine alkaloids

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Biochemistry

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A chemotaxonomic survey of major alkaloids in Lotononis and Buchenroedera

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