IQUIMEFA   05518
INSTITUTO QUIMICA Y METABOLISMO DEL FARMACO
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
·Flavonoids of Lotus tenuis (Waldst. & Kit.) as markers of populations growing in soils of different saline and hydrologic conditions.
Autor/es:
FERRARO, GRACIELA; FILIP ROSANA; DEL PERO MARÍA A.; BASUALDO NORMA; MENDOZA RODOLFO; GARCÍA ILEANA
Revista:
JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Editorial:
SOC BRASILEIRA QUIMICA
Referencias:
Año: 2010
ISSN:
0103-5053
Resumen:
Abstract: Lotus tenuis Waldst. et Kit. (=Lotus glaber Mill.) is a widely spread leguminous plant which grows naturally in low grasslands of the “Flooding Pampas” of Argentina. One of the hypothesis to explain the succesful spread of L. tenuis in this area, is the ecotypes differentiation. The aim of this work was to investigate the flavonoid compounds present in L. tenuis plant populations which grow in a variety of soils. Individuals from five populations growing in soils having different characterisctics were collected, cultivated in a glasshouse and compared according to their flavonoid profile. Glycosides of the following flavonoids were detected: quercetin, quercetin 7-methyl ether, kaempferol, kaempferol 7-methyl ether and isorhamnetin. Only those samples from a saline-sodic lowland, showed methylated aglycones: kaempferol 7-methyl ether and quercetin 7- methyl ether.  The latter compounds could therefore be considered the expression of a biochemical adaptation and suggest an ecotype differentiation.