Flavonoid profiles of New Zealand kauri and other species of Agathis

This paper describes the flavonoid constituents in Agathis australis from a wide geographic range and completes a comprehensive survey of the flavonoid chemistry/chemotaxonomy of New Zealand conifers begun in 1984. Flavonol 3- O-glycosides and biflavones of the cupressuflavone and agathisflavone typ...

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Published inPhytochemistry (Oxford) Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 1223 - 1228
Main Authors Ofman, Diana J., Markham, Kenneth R., Vilain, Christian, Molloy, Brian P.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.03.1995
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Plant cytology, morphology, systematics, chorology and evolution
Spermatophyta
Systematics (diagnosis, chromosome numbers)
New Zealand
Oceania
Araucariaceae
biflavonoids
agathisflavone
Agathis australis
flavonoids
cupressuflavone
chemotaxonomy
Gymnospermae
Chemotaxonomy
Coniferales
Spermatophyta
Chemical composition
Glycoside
Flavonoid
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Summary:This paper describes the flavonoid constituents in Agathis australis from a wide geographic range and completes a comprehensive survey of the flavonoid chemistry/chemotaxonomy of New Zealand conifers begun in 1984. Flavonol 3- O-glycosides and biflavones of the cupressuflavone and agathisflavone types are shown to be the predominant flavonoids. NMR data for these biflavones with varying degrees of methylation are presented for the first time. The flavonoid profiles of A. australis and three other species of Agathis show a high level of uniformity, and in this respect are closely related.
ISSN:0031-9422
1873-3700
DOI:10.1016/0031-9422(94)00783-P