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The contents of 22 kinds of mineral elements in different parts of Changium smyrnioides and in the rhizosphere soil of 10 different populations were determined by microwave digestion-inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). The characteristics of mineral elements in the plants and the soil of main distribution area of Ch. smyrnioides was analyzed and the mechanism of the quality formation of Ch. smyrnioides was explored to provide the basis for the quality evaluation and cultivation regulation of Ch. smyrnioides.The results showed that the quality of soil environment was better in the main distribution area of Ch. smyrnioides, the content of trace elements was higher, the contents of P and K were lower and the contents of mineral elements in the soil of each distribution area was significantly different. The three elements of Se, P and K are significantly accumulated in the root of Ch. smyrnioides. There were significant differences in the total contents of mineral elements in the roots of Ch. smyrnioides in different producing areas. The contents of mineral elements in different parts of Ch. smyrnioides were significantly different. Ch.smyrnioides of the main distribution area of Ch. smyrnioides belonged to the safety level, the distribution of mineral elements in the plants can be used as an indicator of the quality of medicinal herbs.
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Changium smyrnioides is an endangered and endemic medicinal herb in China which contains rich furanocoumarins. Bergaptol, bergapten and xanthotoxin are natural furanocoumarins in Ch. smyrnioides, among which bergaptol is mainly contained in in vitro cultures while the latter ones distribute in all organs and cultures of the plant. In this study, methyl jasmonate was used to elicit furanocoumarins in both cultivated plant and suspension cells. The accumulations of biomass and 3 furanocoumarins as well as the activity of cell, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and antioxidase were detected. The results showed that methyl jasmonate induced the biosynthesis of furanocoumarins markedly and suspension cells from petiole produced more furanocoumarins than those from leaf. In the case of suspension cells, the concentration at 100 μmol•L⁻¹ triggered the highest yield of furanocoumarins and the 10th day of the culture period was the proper time for treatment. After 4 days the yields of bergaptol, bergapten and xanthotoxin in suspension cells from petiole were enhanced to 2.83,14.04,0.62 mg•L⁻¹ respectively. The biomass and viability of treated suspension cells decreased. At the same time, the activity of antioxidase increased, which indicated that methyl jasmonate induced cell defense. In both in vivo and in vitro conditions, cells from petiole seemed to be more sensitive to methyl jasmonate treatment compared to those from leaf. Bergaptol and xanthotoxin mainly accumulated in medium and cell respectively. Bergapten was detected in both cell and medium. The elicitation treatment only enormously affected the yields but did not significantly involve the distributions of 3 furanocoumarins. This is the first systematic study focusing on the elicitation effects of methyl jasmonate and a series of changes which lead to the increase of furanocoumarins in Ch. smyrnioides cell suspension cultures. Methyl jasmonate appears to be an effective elicitor in the research and further efforts should be made to reveal the mechanism in detail.
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OBJECTIVE: To determine simultaneously the contents of xanthotoxin, bergaptol, and bergapten in cultivated Changium smyrnioides Wollf and its in vitro cultures by HPLC. METHODS: Agilent-C18column (4.6 mm × 250 mm, 5 μm) was used for chromatographic separation and PAD was applied as detector. The flow rate was 1.0 mL·min-1 with a mobile phase of methanol-water in gradient elution mode. The detection wavelength was set at 314 nm while the injection volume was 10 μL. RESULTS: The linear regression equations of xanthotoxin, bergaptol, and bergapten were Y = 17 057ρ-87.689 (r = 1.000 0), Y = 23 828ρ-380.44 (r = 0.999 9) and Y = 37 123ρ-441. 16(r = 0.999 9), respectively. The contents of xanthotoxin and bergapten in cultivated and regenerated specimens were obviously higher than those in calli and suspension cells, while bergaptol was only detected in the latter two samples. A larger amount of furanocoumarins accumulated in the cells from leaves and petioles. CONCLUSION: The established method is simple and effective with high sensitivity and good repeatability. It can be adopted in studies on the utilization of Changium smyrnioides, especially the regulation and induction of furanocoumarins.
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Objective: To study the chemical constituents from the root bark of Changium smyrnioides. Methods: Compounds were isolated by various kinds of column chromatographies on silica gel, Sephadex LH-20, and recycling preparative HPLC from the ethanol extract in the root bark of C. smyrnioides, and their structures were elucidated by the physicochemical characteristics and spectral analyses. Results: Fifteen chemical constituents were obtained and identified as imperatorin (1), phellopterin (2), xanthotoxol (3), 5-hydroxy-8-methoxy-psoralen (4), vanillic acid (5), alloimperatorin (6), psoralen (7), bergapten (8), 8-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl- 5-methoxylpsoralen (9), isopimpinellin (10), caffeic acid (11), aurantiamide acetate (12), vaginatin (13), β-sitosterol (14), and succinic acid (15). Conclusion: Compounds 6-13 are isolated from the plants in Changium Wolff for the first time.
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Objective The population structure and ecological distribution of endophytic fungi in Changium smyrnioides from the different habitats and growing phases,and the effects of fungal elicitor on the cell biomass and polysaccharide accumulation were studied in this paper.Methods The isolation,culture,and identification of microorganism,and plant cell suspension culture technology were adopted;And relative data were analyzed by the statistical methods.Results In four producing areas,116 strains were isolated and classified into eight genera.The dominant populations were Fusarium LK.ex FR.,Geotrichum LK.,and Alternaria Nees.The population structure of endophytic fungi obviously changed at the different growing phases.Species and quantity of endophytic fungi were plentiful at the seedling stage and bud stage,and especially at the bud stage the isolation rate and isolation frequency were more than 30% and 19%,respectively.Some endophytic fungi had the obvious area and tissue specificity.Compared with the control by adding the elicitor of Fusarium sp.3,the yields of cell biomass and polysaccharide were increased to 31.86% and 38.01%,respectively.Conclusion Endophytic fungi in C.smyrnioides have abundant biodiversity.And there is close relationship between the population structure and distribution of endophytic fungi with ecological conditions.And fungal elicitors could obviously enhance the yields of cell biomass and polysaccharide of C.smyrnioides.
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Objective: To clarify chemical dynamic change of volatile oil of Root of Changium Smyrnioides Wolff during Processing, to analyse and study the change of constituent proportion to see if new constituents produce or original constituents disappear, to discuss the processing mechanism of root of Changium smyrnioides . Method: The constituents and contain of volatile oils of root of Changium smyrnioides before, during and after processing are comparatively analyzed by using techniques of combined capillary gas chromatography mass spectrometry computer. Result: 34 chemical compounds are identified, among them there were 29 compounds isolated from volatile oil of fresh root of Changium smyrnioides, with a proportion of 97.873% in total oil, its main constituent is CSY and its content reaches 70.946%; 34 compounds were isolated from volatile oil of fresh decorticated root of Changium smyrnioides, with a propoction of 93.452%, main constituent is CSY, its content reaches 75.909%; and 19 compounds from volatile oil of fresh root cortices of Changium smyrnioides, 96.878% , main constituent is CSY, content 70.977%; 11 compounds from volatile oil of processed root of Changium smyrnioides, 88.839%, main constituent is CSY, content 67.234%. Conclusion: Main reasons of non sensibilization of processed root of Changium smyrnioides are considered to be the content decrease and qualitative change of the volatile oils, and the content of snsibilization activity constituent——CSY decreased from 0.0497% to 0.0134%.