Chemotaxonomic value of tocopherols in Brassicaceae

Authors
Goffman, FD Thies, W Velasco, L
Citation
Fd. Goffman et al., Chemotaxonomic value of tocopherols in Brassicaceae, PHYTOCHEM, 50(5), 1999, pp. 793-798
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00319422 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
793 - 798
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(199903)50:5<793:CVOTIB>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The significance of tocopherols as chemotaxonomic markers and their relatio nship with oil content and fatty acid profile was investigated in a collect ion of 91 species of the family Brassicaceae. Total tocopherols content ran ged from 68 mg kg(-1) oil in Diplotaxis viminea to 2479 mg kg(-1) oil in Sc hivereckia doerfleri. The collection also showed wide variability for tocop herol composition. The average tocopherol profile consisted of 65.4% gamma- , 28.7% alpha-, 5.1% delta- and 0.89/0 beta-tocopherol. Individual tocopher ols were found to have great taxonomic value in the Brassicaceae. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.