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Article

Metabolomic Analysis Reveals the Metabolic Diversity of Wild and Cultivated Stellaria Radix (Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge.)

by
Zhenkai Li
1,
Hong Wang
1,
Lu Feng
1,
Haishan Li
1,
Yanqing Li
1,
Gege Tian
1,
Pilian Niu
1,
Yan Yang
1 and
Li Peng
1,2,*
1
School of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
2
Ningxia Natural Medicine Engineering Technology Research Center, Yinchuan 750021, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Plants 2023, 12(4), 775; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040775
Submission received: 26 November 2022 / Revised: 27 January 2023 / Accepted: 28 January 2023 / Published: 9 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Morphogenesis and Accumulation of Secondary Metabolites in Plants)
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Abstract

Stellaria Radix, called Yinchaihu in Chinese, is a traditional Chinese medicine, which is obtained from the dried roots of Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge. Cultivated yinchaihu (YCH) has become a main source of production to alleviate the shortage of wild plant resources, but it is not clear whether the metabolites of YCH change with the mode of production. In this study, the contents of methanol extracts, total sterols and total flavonoids in wild and cultivated YCH are compared. The metabolites were analyzed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography–tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The content of methanol extracts of the wild and cultivated YCH all exceeded the standard content of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. However, the contents of total sterols and total flavonoids in the wild YCH were significantly higher than those in the cultivated YCH. In total, 1586 metabolites were identified by mass spectrometry, and 97 were significantly different between the wild and cultivated sources, including β-sitosterol, quercetin derivatives as well as many newly discovered potential active components, such as trigonelline, arctiin and loganic acid. The results confirm that there is a rich diversity of metabolites in the wild and cultivated YCH, and provide a useful theoretical guidance for the evaluation of quality in the production of YCH.
Keywords: medicinal plants; Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge.; metabolomic; metabolic diversity; wild; cultivation medicinal plants; Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge.; metabolomic; metabolic diversity; wild; cultivation

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Li, Z.; Wang, H.; Feng, L.; Li, H.; Li, Y.; Tian, G.; Niu, P.; Yang, Y.; Peng, L. Metabolomic Analysis Reveals the Metabolic Diversity of Wild and Cultivated Stellaria Radix (Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge.). Plants 2023, 12, 775. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040775

AMA Style

Li Z, Wang H, Feng L, Li H, Li Y, Tian G, Niu P, Yang Y, Peng L. Metabolomic Analysis Reveals the Metabolic Diversity of Wild and Cultivated Stellaria Radix (Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge.). Plants. 2023; 12(4):775. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040775

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Li, Zhenkai, Hong Wang, Lu Feng, Haishan Li, Yanqing Li, Gege Tian, Pilian Niu, Yan Yang, and Li Peng. 2023. "Metabolomic Analysis Reveals the Metabolic Diversity of Wild and Cultivated Stellaria Radix (Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge.)" Plants 12, no. 4: 775. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040775

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Li, Z., Wang, H., Feng, L., Li, H., Li, Y., Tian, G., Niu, P., Yang, Y., & Peng, L. (2023). Metabolomic Analysis Reveals the Metabolic Diversity of Wild and Cultivated Stellaria Radix (Stellaria dichotoma L. var. lanceolata Bge.). Plants, 12(4), 775. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040775

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