Chemotaxonomy and flavonoid diversity of Salvia L.(Lamiaceae) in Iran

Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the chemotaxonomic status and chemical diversity of Salvia L. species in Iran using leaf flavonoid profiles. ; and S. hydrangea Dc. ex Benth. Two-dimensional maps of these species were created with thin-layer chromatography. In order to study the taxonomic position of these species and 37 accessions, cluster analysis was applied. The results of the cluster analysis showed that S. spinosa was distinct from S. reuterana. Despite considerable morphological similarity between S. nemorosa and S. virgata, those two species are definitely distinguished. In addition, S. spinosa and S. macrosiphon were roughly grouped, whereas S. ceratophylla and S. multicaulis composed two separate groups. In the 14 species collected, the flavonoids identified were flavones, flavonols, flavanones, isoflavones, dihydroflavonols and chalcones. We found that flavonoids are appropriate indicators to determine the taxonomic position of Salvia species.

Application of the Folin-Ciocalteu method to the evaluation of Salvia sclarea extracts

“…Salvia L. is a genus with 900-1000 species in the world (Cai et al 2006;Coisin et al 2012;Dent et al 2013;Kharazian 2013;Abdelkader et al 2014;Erdoganet al 2014;Jamzad et al 2014;Kharazian 2014;Rajabi et al 2014;Bo et al 2015;Sepahvand et al 2015). Many Salvia species are used in food, cosmetics, perfumery and pharmaceutical industries throughout the world (Cai et al 2006;Coisin et al 2012;Ibrahim 2012;Kharazian 2014;Rajabi et al 2014;Sepahvand et al 2015;Jafariet al 2017). They have been used as folk medicines for a long time (Cai et al 2006;Ibrahim 2012;Abdelkader et al 2014;Rajabi et al 2014;Bo et al 2015).…”

“…Representatives of this genus accumulate poly phenols (flavonoids, phenolic acids, etc.) and terpenoids (sesquiterpenoids, diterpenoids, sesterterpens and triterpens) which can induce above-mentioned pharmacological activities (Coisin et al 2012;Dent et al 2013;Abdelkader 2014;Kharazian 2014;Sepahvand et al 2015). Antioxidant properties of Lamiaceae species are mainly due to their phenolic compounds and rarely terpenoids (Stanković et al 2011;Abdelkader et al 2014;Sepahvand et al 2014;Dent et al 2017;Jasicka-Misiak et al 2018;Shanaida et al 2018b).…”

Foliar phenolic compounds of ten wild species of Verbenacea as antioxidants and specific chemomarkers

“…For several groups of plants, profiles of these compounds have been reported as worthy chemomarkers because they were species-specific, like Equisetum (Veit et al, 1995), Pinus (Almaraz-Abarca et al, 2006), and Salvia (Kharazian, 2014). The species-specific condition of phenolic profiles could be of taxonomic relevance.…”

Phytochemical Properties and Antibacterial Effects of Salvia multicaulis Vahl., Euphorbia microsciadia Boiss., and Reseda lutea on Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumanii

“…To date, 1000 plant species from the Salvia genus of the subfamily Nepetoideae and the family Lamiaceae have been identified, of which 56 are native to Iran (14). Salvia multicaulisVahl.…”