Chemotaxonomical investigation in the genus Viburnum

From classical taxonomy to genome and metabolome: Towards comprehensive quality standards for medicinal herb raw materials and extracts

“…CAMAG and AHP monographs (using HPTLC) illustrate the lack of amentoflavone coupled with very strong presence of catechin to distinguish V. opulus in line with Horhammer et al [37,42,43]. Using sixty different samples of leaf and branchlets, representing eight of the eleven sections of Viburnum, Lobstein et al [44] attempted to utilize the quantitative estimation of amentoflavone for clade delineations by HPLC. They were able to reconfirm the presence of high concentrations of this biflavonoid in leaves and branchlets of species belonging to Section Lantana.…”

Compounds from Viburnum Species and Their Biological Activities

“…To find some chemical clues of a possible taxonomic value, Lobstein et al determined biflavone amentoflavone content for ca. 60 representative taxa of the genus Viburnum [4]; and amentoflavone was also isolated from V. jucundum [54] and V. pichinchense [56]. Several flavones, 197 -205, were isolated from V. dilatatum, V. grandifolium, and V. davidii Franch [57 -60].…”

“…Toxicity of the extract of 80% MeOH of V. tinus was determined by Mohamed et al [9]. It could be observed that the extract has shown significant activity in preventing changes mediated by CCl 4 . The lignan 232 showed moderate inhibitory activity of lipid peroxidation in rat brain homogenates [65].…”

“…In this review article, we compile all the compounds and their biological activities reported in recent years (Table). In addition, the systematic classification of the genus Viburnum led to many controversial arguments [3] [4]. This review will also consider the chemotaxonomical significance.…”

Iridoids from Viburnum cylindricum

“…-The genus Viburnum comprises over 200 species distributed from South America to Southeast Asia [1], 80 of which are distributed in China [2]. Previous chemical investigations showed that Viburnum species characteristically contained iridoids, terpenoids, glycosides, and flavones [3 -8].…”